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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. Website traffic to the homepage for IXL, a popular tool that lets students practice skills across five subjects through online quizzes, spiked in March. Some companies are trying to gain a foothold in a crowded market.

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SchooLinks Raises $7M to Take on a Giant in K-12 College and Career Planning

Edsurge

For SchooLinks, that meant broadening its portfolio of tools to better serve and connect students and their counselors, all with the goal of helping students identify their interests and goals and find opportunities to achieve them—as early as middle school. In all, SchooLinks boasts over 80 features.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. I use this tool when students are making Scratch video games for them to record their games and explain their scripts.

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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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When a Pandemic Upends Labor Markets, Will a New Workforce ISA Fund Work?

Edsurge

Since arriving from Mexico at age 18 in 2002, Abraham Cachu has dabbled in technology, starting with music software. He was working for a tech company, but this was no tech job. If students don’t get a job that meets that income threshold, the monthly payments are deferred. sorting and scanning packages.

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Which Edtech Companies Are Listening to Teachers?

Edsurge

Earlier we talked to educators who feel disillusioned by edtech companies’ seemingly disingenuous engagement tactics or feel invisible in the edtech choices made at their schools. At the start of our journey to pull back some of the edtech curtain, we set out to survey roughly 30 edtech companies of varying sizes and subject areas.

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How Mindfulness Can Help Teachers and Students Manage Challenging Situations

MindShift

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. A vacation, a good meal, and a win are very pleasant, so we might meet these moments with anticipation and delight. meeting confrontation.