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4 Awesome edtech solutions for making students fall in love with reading

Neo LMS

Americans spend an average of 17 minutes per day reading for personal interest; in 2003, the average reading time was 22 minutes. Less than 53% of American adults read at least one book for pleasure in 2019. 4 Awesome edtech solutions for making students fall in love with reading. Technology might come in handy in this case.

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Discovery Education Acquires Mystery Science in $140 Million Deal

Edsurge

And as it turns out, edtech companies are attracting a premium from buyers as well. Talks with Discovery Education initially began with this in mind around the end of 2019, according to Schacht. In August 2019, the Silver Spring, Md.-based Focusing on serving students and teachers can take you to a certain point.

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EdSurge Article Recommends Edtech Efficacy Portfolios - Here's Ours

MIND Research Institute

Over the past several years, MIND Research Institute has been endeavoring to change the conversation around edtech evaluations. A few weeks ago, EdSurge published an article that echoed many of those same sentiments, most specifically that the overreliance on “gold standard” RCT studies is the wrong approach for edtech.

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How a $40M Investment Aims to ‘Mainstream and Modernize’ Montessori Education

Edsurge

Girn started his Montessori career in 2003 as a math and science teacher at LePort Schools, then a chain of three Montessori schools in southern California. These include four “microschools” that were sold in 2019 by AltSchool , a much-hyped education technology startup that raised nearly $200 million but has since downsized and rebranded.

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Who Should Bear the Cost of Data Interoperability in K-12 Education?

Edsurge

And it’s scenarios like this that put pressure on edtech companies to make their tools more interoperable. As standards come and go, edtech developers are tasked with supporting new technical integrations demanded by school and district customers. Currently, as of 2019, there are 244. We’re rerouting who the headaches go to.

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

in theoretical physics, he retired in 2019 as Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University in England, after 13 years there including a year in 2012 as Visiting Professor at MIT MediaLab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. airing on Discovery in 2020.) Roger Schank Chairman and CEO, Socratic Arts Roger Schank.