eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform used by 11 million students, today announced it has agreed to acquire Wyzant , the nation’s largest marketplace for online tutoring. In March 2020, IXL added Vocabulary.com , the leading educational destination for improving literacy through vocabulary building.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

Even as doors reopened to brick-and-mortar schools, administrators here saw the continued need for a virtual option in response to lingering concerns about Covid and to feedback from some parents that their children had thrived in online learning. The district assigned 10 full-time teachers to provide live, online classes via Zoom.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Of those who failed both semesters in 2005-06, only 15 percent graduated in four years. Algebra I is the air you breathe to be in STEM,” said Nathan Levenson, a former CEO of a crane-manufacturing company and later a school superintendent in Massachusetts. Even students who have done well working virtually don’t love online learning.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2020

When Louisiana schools shut down due to Covid-19 in mid-March, Calcasieu Parish teachers scrambled to transition to online learning. Everybody sort of struggled through trying to develop a combination of paper packets and online instruction,” said Bruchhaus, the superintendent. Students faced barriers to virtual learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

He was commissioned by the White House on January 24, 2020, following his confirmation by the United States Senate. Before that she worked in business development for OCLC, making connections between Silicon Valley companies and libraries. Crosby Kemper is the sixth director of Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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