Marketplace K-12

MARCH 9, 2016

The investment company Weld North Holdings LLC today announced its acquisition of Performance Matters, a student assessment and data analytics company that it will merge with Truenorthlogic, a K-12 ed-tech business focused on continuous educator improvement. See also: Fast-Growing Private Education Companies Make Inc.

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Kaplan Company Data Industry 40

MIND Research Institute

JUNE 11, 2019

The article goes on to provide guidance about where an edtech company might focus their efficacy measurement efforts based on the maturity of their product and organization. Fuster, 2004; Schneider & Chein, 2003), schemas and heuristics (e.g., Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8(4), 143–145. Dietrich, 2004), to name a few.

EdTech 40

EdTech eBook Study Data 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

The idea is to find trends and patterns in huge amounts of historical data and use those patterns to predict the future. Companies like Amazon and Netflix have been using data tools like these for years to track our clicks and steer us to buy or watch more of their products. Government had created pressure for accountability.

Data 106

Data Dropout Company Report 106

The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 18, 2023

In 2003, Jody Thompson and Cali Ressler conducted an experiment at Best Buy headquarters , where they worked in human resources. They were curious if framing employees’ work by their results (instead of “you have to be at your desk from X to Y”) would improve both company outcomes and employees’ experiences. Innovate in a caring way.

Classroom 52

Classroom Company Course Outcomes 52

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Almost all of those companies went out of business. One of my very memorable failures was in 2003, when I went to Austin ISD to present to the technology team as the final step of a large purchase. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends. When I started Gaggle back in 1999, we were free email for students.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 25, 2015

Almost all of those companies went out of business. One of my very memorable failures was in 2003, when I went to Austin ISD to present to the technology team as the final step of a large purchase. ” Lesson learned #3: Don’t chase trends. When I started Gaggle back in 1999, we were free email for students.

EdTech 40

EdTech Differentiated Instruction Gamification MOOC 40

Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Websites, articles, feeds, and newsletters Axios Media Trends : A weekly newsletter offering a rundown of key events and trends in media and publishing. Big, Big Data (by Common Sense Education): Data drives internet profits, and this lesson helps students recognize why and how companies collect and sell their info for profit.

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Resources Classroom Social Media Video 80

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2017

This is part three of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” As an education technology writer, I’m often chastised for considering student loan companies as part of my analysis. Student loan companies are “not really ed-tech,” some people still try to insist.

Technology 48

Technology Education Industry Company 48

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The annual cost of servicing this accumulated debt more than doubled, from $21 billion in 2003 to $48 billion in 2012, the most recent period for which it has been calculated by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Last year alone, colleges and universities borrowed a record $41.3 That’s up from $28.7 billion a decade ago.

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Report Data Study Analysis 56

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

In a recent report, Education Week dug deep into student proficiency rates on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) from 2003 through 2015. Based on those reports, Education Week found a “modest degree of improvement” in academic achievement by fourth- and eighth-graders in reading and math from 2003 to 2015.

Education 40

Education Policies Learning Report 40

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

The private student loan company has raised $50 million total, but I’m told “fintech” doesn’t “count” as ed-tech so let’s just ignore this trend, right? The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total. The learn-to-code company has raised $1.19 million total.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

One of the challenges of writing this series – and trust me, there are many – is separating my analysis out into ten articles that name ten distinct “trends.” But when trying to write about ten “trends,” it’s evident: everything overlaps. Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In November, Bloomberg reported that WeWork , a co-working space startup that acquired both the coding bootcamp Flatiron School and the meet-up company MeetUp this year, planned to open a private K–12 school in one of its facilities. The school would be focused on “conscious entrepreneurship.”

Robotics 63

Robotics Company Industry Data 63

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Frustrated with the slow resolution of loan forgiveness claims at the Department of Education, two borrowers have filed a lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and loan servicing company Navient in federal court.” Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Fired testing company seeks $25.3

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Experts say much of what we see marketed as the metaverse from education technology companies isn’t actually the metaverse.

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Education Digital Divide EdTech Company 126

The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

Reflecting a long-standing trend, this year’s data results reconfirm that a gender bias exists in STEM interest. Since fall 2003, almost 4 million K-12 students, parents, teachers, librarians, principals, technology leaders, district administrators and members of the community have shared their views and ideas through Speak Up.

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Mobility Blended Learning STEM Survey 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In 2005, Joan Didion published The Year of Magical Thinking , which chronicles her husband’s death in December 2003, shortly after their daughter had fallen into septic shock and been placed an induced coma. This is part one of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. So who do you believe? The scientists? The engineers? “Soon.”

Technology 40

Technology Education Report Training 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

That spending, in turn, produces more than 2,600 patents and 400 companies a year, according to the National Science Board. The real estate company CBRE ranks the city as the country’s top small market for attracting tech talent. If Blank is right, then current trends put that future in doubt for much of the Midwest.

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Industry Trends System STEM 83