Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Terms of the deal were not publicly disclosed, but EdSurge has learned that the transaction was around $140 million. Schacht credits the growing availability of broadband internet in schools for helping “get his product into the hands of teachers directly.” This past July, it purchased Spiral, a formative assessment platform.

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Education Company Elementary Broadband 207

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). Despite near universal device ownership, students have yet to fully embrace the smartphone as a tool for learning.

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Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2021

Poorly maintained buildings make it harder for kids to learn, research shows , and can cause health problems for both the country’s 50 million students and 6 million staff , who spend a third of their waking hours in schools. per $100,000 of assessed real or personal property values. It’s happened before.

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Report System Broadband Study 97