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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Dr. Desiree Alexander is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator who has been in the educational field since 2002. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Digital Equity: How to Understand The Problems Facing #Edtech. ” .

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. All three of these companies try to hook prospective users with claims on their websites about their products’ effectiveness. Some companies are trying to gain a foothold in a crowded market. Video: Sarah Butrymowicz.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

She has held several leadership positions with education companies, most recently Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Achieve 3000, Kaplan K12, and Renaissance Learning. Prior to this, they founded their own company called EdGenius.net, where they provided consulting services for organizations looking to improve teaching and learning practices.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors. SIIA also created an “incubator” program in 2006 to support early-stage education companies, long before the idea became popular in the edtech industry. billion in U.S.

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Certiport Names 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist US National Champions

eSchool News

This year marks 21 years since the competition began in 2002. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. For more information, certiport.com or follow Certiport on Twitter at www.twitter.com/certiport. in the United States and other countries.

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PROOF POINTS: Two studies find scattergrams reduce applications to elite colleges

The Hechinger Report

To help with that decision, schools across the country have paid many millions to private companies that display data on the fate of past students. The company was the first to market scattergrams to schools in 2002 and says its product reaches nine million of the nation’s 15 million high school students.

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