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95 Phonics Core Program® Earns Product Certification from Digital Promise for Research-Based Design

eSchool News

In addition, the company also demonstrated its commitment to making its robust research base clear and accessible to the public. Digital Promise’s Research-Based Design Product Certification recognizes the edtech products that incorporate research about learning into their design and development. About 95 Percent Group.

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Innovative School District Seeks Middle School Science and Social Studies Apps

Digital Promise

WHAT: Piedmont Middle School is seeking to pilot digital learning programs that support competency-based learning in science and social studies. Web-based preferred. Next Generation Science Standards and 2005 Alabama Course of Study: Science. The results of that pilot will inform future purchasing decisions.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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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