eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

95 Percent Group’s Science of Reading ecosystem is designed to help teachers use structured literacy to close the reading skills gap with a rich portfolio of tools for Tier 1 and 2 reading instruction. Students who are not proficient by the end of third grade are less likely to thrive in school and graduate high school.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

In 2005, the aftermath of a once-in-a-century hurricane provided an opportunity to think anew about how to design an education system and rebuild a city. In the short term, Zoom and Mural will serve as tools for team meetings and virtual summits. Money should not be used as a tool for control, but rather for collaboration.

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techlearning

AUGUST 15, 2018

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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The addition of the Chicago-based company will expand IXL’s capacity to address the needs of all students with personalized, one-on-one mentoring. . Founded in 2005, Wyzant offers an expansive digital network of more than 65,000 tutors from a broad spectrum of academic and professional fields. About Wyzant .

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Both companies trace their lineage to top-pedigree universities: Carnegie grew out of research on computer-based instructional systems started by Carnegie Mellon researchers. Used in high schools and colleges, the tool was a forbearer of the “adaptive” math programs in vogue today. It’s not like 2005 or 2010, when many were skeptics.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Since 2005, Y Combinator has funded 1,430 companies and nearly 3,500 founders. featured 124 companies from 18 countries—marking the largest class in the accelerator’s history. featured 124 companies from 18 countries—marking the largest class in the accelerator’s history. Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) August 21, 2017.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: Bloomz is the tool I chose for parent/teacher communication. Mazza’s innovative work has been written about in fifteen books since 2005. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Blog: Dr. Joe Mazza.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

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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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

A Microsoft spokesperson says over email that this technology is publicly available, and that the company is aware of dozens of K-12 schools that are using it in the classroom. The company says its transcription technology is also useful at a broader level. NTID is one of RIT’s nine schools.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2019

Technology is the easiest place to start since the internet, and all of the associated information and digital tools that have flowed from it, are driving nearly every discussion of what schools should look like and how students should be readied for the future. into a common identity.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Back in 2005, one of the biggest stories in tech was a project by a group of MIT professors to build a $100 laptop and give them to children in schools around the world. Quite a few big companies. Nestle was one, they contracted with a Uruguayan game company to make Nestle-themed mini games that were specifically installable on the XO.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Courses are available with built-in ELL tools. Excel High School is a nonpublic school headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and has been in operation since 2005. Cengage Group, an education technology company serving millions of learners in 165 countries, advances the way students learn through quality, digital experiences.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

They’re on the lookout for digital programs that are designed specifically for middle school students, highly adjustable, and equipped with robust data tools for teachers. Next Generation Science Standards and 2005 Alabama Course of Study: Science. Embedded tests or tools to measure student growth throughout the year.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Nearly four years later, the Utah-based company is taking another business leap, with a $10 million investment from edtech venture capital firm Owl Ventures. We needed a company that was able to do that.”. Then going forward, the company would charge for services, like maintenance or software hosting, to drive revenue.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2014

February 2005: Bellevue, Washington. So Slivka decided to launch a new company partly inspired on long-ago science fiction reading, such as Enders Game by Orson Scott Card and The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson—books that weave futuristic education tools into the narrative. CHAPTER 9: Sci-Fi-Inspired Software.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 29, 2018

– Between 2005 and 2015, STEM employment grew by 24.4 We developed the activity around the Labdisc because it simulates tools that students will be using when they enter into the workforce. The company improves student engagement and learning outcomes by providing educators the products they need for the 21century classroom.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 11, 2016

Now, a new online tool aims to give both ed-tech developers and school officials a simple way to get an answer. Specifically, Digital Promise says that the map draws from nearly 100,000 articles published between 2005 and 2014 that were found in 183 academic journals in the Web of Science database. ” she said.

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Kathy Schrock

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

DENlove In addition to mainstream social media channels, many companies provide a platform for their users to grow their PLN, too. As outlined in this 2018 article , The Discovery Educator Network, or DEN, was launched in 2005 to connect educators who were using Discovery Education with others around the world.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2016

We want people to fix this,” said Bill Fitzgerald, director of the Privacy Initiative at Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization that provides tools to help schools and parents assess the merits of technology and media use. “We Both small and large companies that offer programs to schools provided websites without encryption.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 18, 2023

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. Between 2005 and 2007, productivity increased by 41% and employee turnover decreased by 90%. Where, when, and how they chose to do the work was up to them.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

With so many web tools out there that solve math problems, it’s easy for Brown’s online students to find a shortcut to answers and the calculations that go with them. Of those who failed both semesters in 2005-06, only 15 percent graduated in four years. Nathan Levenson, former CEO at a crane-manufacturing company.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The addition of these tools to our classrooms ,” said Gregory Haulk, superintendent of HBCSD. The company aims to improve learning and engagement in classrooms and to help educators enhance student outcomes, by developing the products they need.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Building strong foundational math skills will give students the tools they need to be successful in high school and college, and ultimately in careers, putting them on a path to financial security. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., More information is available at www.afterschoolalliance.org. About Schools That Can.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 27, 2015

Our colleagues at ASCD have also verified Grant’s death, as has Grant’s professional development company, Authentic Education. Sometime around 2005 I think, I was walking through the booths at a major conference. His daughter Alexis has also confirmed the news on her account below. Row after row of blahblahblah.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Digital Promise and other nonprofit organizations including EveryoneOn and The Learning Accelerator have been working with companies and schools to ensure these programs and offers are making their way into the hands of teachers, students, and families across the country. By Chloe, Age 6.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 4, 2012

Mightybell Discussion and Resource Space: https://mightybell.com/spaces/602f13080095d22f Marcia Conner advises executives in some of the world’s largest companies, aligning social strategies with corporate culture to speed innovation, inform decision-making, and invigorate an organization’s value chain.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Some low-income students may already qualify for a $31 test fee reduction via The College Board, the company that designs AP curriculum and exams. According to data from The College Board, the number of students taking exams in Mississippi has increased from about 3,900 in 2005 to about 7,800 in 2015.

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2019

I graduated in 2005, so the great teachers of almost one-third to half of my adult life have been pretty much mentors from afar or dead people. It’s just a tool. It’s similar to Emily Dickinson scribbling on the back of envelopes or Hannah Höch making collages with patterns from her job at a fabric company.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 20, 2014

tools or user generated content tools are very exciting and I think promise to greatly enhance distance teaching and learning. Education always has been more than information dissemination or publishing, but now we have the tools, at low costs and globally available to make participatory learning possible. Reference Cousin, G.

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MindShift

JANUARY 28, 2019

She ran cross-country and track, played soccer and threw herself into lacrosse, helping her school team make it to the state final in 2005. Unlike in the high school classroom, where learning is often abstract, students playing sports are carrying out physical activity in physical space, often in the company of others.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Unicorns don’t exist, except as an analogy for private companies supposedly worth at least $1 billion. But Glotzbach’s point is that camels are hardy and steady—just as he hopes his company can be. With this latest fundraise, the San Francisco-based company has raised $62 million in venture capital to date.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

As origin stories go, the founding of Blackboard twenty years ago lacked that single light bulb moment that tech companies like to tell. We used adoption by professors on Blackboard.com to drive sales of an affordable departmental or school-level license, with all of the course instructional tools, but no enterprise integration.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

Companies selling admissions algorithms say they have a fairer, more scientific way to predict student success. But Miller and other skeptics wonder whether the science behind these tools is sound, and ask if students’ data should exert so much control over their destinies. Enter the algorithms. Student success' is a slippery concept.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2017

The Australian company, now based in San Francisco, has signed on 150 universities, along with another 50 companies and organizations, for its “digital courseware platform,” the term that Ben-Naim is much more at ease with. More than 20,000 online courses have been created by over 8,000 educators, the company claims.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

That data has become a valuable tool for educators, policy makers and researchers. In 2005, the nation’s governors signed a bipartisan compact agreeing to use the same formula to calculate how many of their students earned diplomas. NCLB also led states to overhaul another important metric: high school graduation rates.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2022

Today, Million+ follower, TikTok teacher, and creator of #TeacherTipTuesday, Megan Mayer, shares her thoughts about TikTok, how to prevent profanity on TikTok and why it is a valuable tool for teachers. Those videos got the attention of the company, which offered her a sponsorship. 00:15:00] So I got onto social media in 2005.

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