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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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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. The infrastructure just wasn’t ready. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In.

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Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 with a New Virtual Field Trip hosted by NBC’s Jenna Bush Hager from 9/11 Day and Discovery Education

eSchool News

During this event, students will meet Jenna Bush Hager, co-host of NBC’s Today with Hoda & Jenna , in a town-hall-style session at the 9/11 Tribute Museum. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Students will hear from their peers about the power of good deeds, as well as from other leaders.

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A school district wades through a deluge of social-emotional curricula to find one that works

The Hechinger Report

But first, the kids in teacher Meghan Groves’ first-grade classroom were taking a moment to share their favorite part of the day. “My Keith Perrigan, Bristol school superintendent since 2017, said he gets emails from companies pitching their social-emotional curricula almost every day. BRISTOL, Va. — He knows enough to be cautious.

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Which Edtech Companies Are Listening to Teachers?

Edsurge

Obviously it's not a real school, but the experience of the teachers and students in that comic setting is closer to the reality of the American classroom than is the lived experience of the mostly affluent men with fancy coding degrees who enter [edtech]. The difficulty of finding out about how edtech companies operate seems notable.

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Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

The Hechinger Report

With textbooks open, they watched a lecture about Newton’s Laws on a giant screen, while their classroom teacher simultaneously offered examples of those laws in action. based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. That’s a sharp increase from the 2002-03 school year, when, according to the U.S.

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How Mindfulness Can Help Teachers and Students Manage Challenging Situations

MindShift

Excerpted from “ Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Adolescents ,” (c) 2019 by Patricia C. Norton & Company. Let’s imagine that this is the moment a parent challenges you in a meeting or the moment you learn that a colleague was diagnosed with a serious illness. meeting confrontation.