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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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The “cultivation of students’ entrepreneurship and innovation capabilities and practical skills” was a priority in China’s 5-Year Plan for 2016-2020. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 edtech startups raised last year. Nearly every major U.S.

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

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Edtech, I believe, is going through a similar rebuilding moment powered by three trends: widely available infrastructure, the catalytic impact of spending by both the government and philanthropy in education, and—finally—the embrace of edtech by educational institutions and educators themselves. Not yet convinced?

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Speak Up 2021 Congressional Briefing: Lessons Learned from a Year of Virtual School

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Since 2003, Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up has collected data on the important issues facing schools. She was named in 2020 as the winner of EdTech Digest’s National Leader award. Evans, along with a panel of K-12 student voices, discussed findings from this year’s Speak Up Research Project.

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

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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. It connects with curriculum and assessment tools to gather evidence of learning.

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3 Key Actions for 2021-22 You Can Take Now

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MacLean’s district shed some traditional grading schema to address learning during COVID and is exploring how to continue providing alternate ways to assess learners. Previously, he served as a Presidential Innovation Fellow for the White House, and created several edtech learning platforms including eduTecher and eduClipper.