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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

After moving into the private sector, Penny Reinart led research, design, and development of digital products and professional learning focused on student achievement, educator impact, and organizational growth. Robert has held various leadership and instructional roles in the field of education, with a focus on online and blended learning.

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10 districts that have seen big blended learning success

eSchool News

Edgenuity highlights schools, districts implementing blended learning. As schools and districts try to better meet the needs of students with different learning styles, blended learning programs are becoming increasingly popular. Jefferson Chamber Foundation Academy , La. Rio Rancho Public Schools , N.M. •

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Curriculum Associates Featured on Inc. Magazine’s 37th Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies

techlearning

5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Not only have the companies on the 2018 Inc. If your company is on the Inc.

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Can a Small Fund Called Dunce Capital Make Smart Bets in Education?

Edsurge

Dunce Capital doesn’t sound like a name that a company would want on its cap table , especially one that’s in the business of making people smarter. million fund that Danner and a partner (who he declined to name) launched in 2019, with their own money, to make angel investments in education companies.

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In this New Hampshire high school, internships shape the future of learning

The Hechinger Report

KEENE, N.H. — Harrison Hicks, 16, sat at a small corner desk in the offices of Filtrine Manufacturing Company, a maker of water filtration equipment, drawing circles as his mentor, Josh Flagg, watched. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. New Hampshire did this, for all schools, in 2005. Photo: Allegra Boverman.

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Carnegie Learning Gets a Makeover After Private Equity Investment

Edsurge

In the 1980s, researchers developed an adaptive-tutoring math system used in high schools and colleges, and the tool was spun out as an independent company in 1998. Since then the company has swapped hands between other private-equity firms and private investors. He declined to share whether the company is turning a profit.

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Just who are the people behind today’s educational software?

The Hechinger Report

In this first installment, software engineer Ben Slivka — inspired by science fiction — dreamed of creating truly adaptive learning software. February 2005: Bellevue, Washington. It would be the ultimate in personalized education, enabling children to learn exactly what they needed to learn at exactly the ideal pace.