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Meet the 5 Education Technology Startups From Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Class

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Since 2005, Y Combinator has funded 1,430 companies and nearly 3,500 founders. Of this group, five teams are building education technology tools with support from mentors from Imagine K12, the local edtech accelerator that Y Combinator absorbed last February. Its graduates have gone on to raise more than $13 billion in total.

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30 Hilarious Kid Jokes about School

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Laughter is more than a mere response to a witty comment or a funny joke; it’s a powerful educational tool that can transform the learning experience for children. I’ll meet you at the corner! As found in Garner’s (2005) research on “ Humor, Analogy, and Metaphor: H.A.M. A root teacher.

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What Investors See in a ‘Highly Fragmented and Under-Teched’ Early Childhood Education Market

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Prior to the pandemic, the number of child care facilities has been declining since 2005, driven largely by fewer home-based providers. From 2005 to 2017, the number of licensed small home-based child care programs dipped by almost half, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

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Three Things We Learned at Khan Academy Over the Last Decade

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In 2005, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School. I, like many teachers, share a deep belief that we should decide how to best meet the needs of students before turning to technology. Stay tuned for other reflections in the coming weeks.

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Utah State Board of Education Approves 95 Percent Group Resources as Evidence-Informed, Recommended Supplemental Programs for Grades K-5

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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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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

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Innovative teaching, as Zhu et al (2013) confirm, “is a necessity for all teachers in order to meet the educational needs of the new generations.” Brouwer & Korthagen, 2005; Ferrari, Cachia, & Punie, 2009; Zhu et al., ” (p. Sources Brouwer, N., & Korthagen, F. Can teacher education make a difference?

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IXL Learning Agrees to Acquire Wyzant Tutoring Marketplace

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Founded in 2005, Wyzant offers an expansive digital network of more than 65,000 tutors from a broad spectrum of academic and professional fields. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to limit in-person meetings, Wyzant makes it easy to access and communicate with qualified tutors from anywhere in the world through its free online learning tool.