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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

Edsurge

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. Panels and keynotes covered the latest industry trends.

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Sir Ken Robinson: A Brief In Memoriam [guest post]

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like most of you that knew Sir Ken Robinson’s impact on education, I first learned about him through his wildly popular TED Talk in 2006. As America, Britain, and others grew and industrialized, we adopted elements of that mentality for our schools as well. I grew up working on an industrial farm and was convinced of its efficacy.

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Discovery Education to Acquire DreamBox Learning? 

eSchool News

DreamBox Learning was founded in 2006 with the mission to transform the way the world learns through our pioneering intelligent adaptive learning technology, and today’s announcement represents a significant next step to achieving that mission. ® The firm’s core target sectors are technology, consumer, and industrials.

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4 Ways Edtech Entrepreneurs Can Earn Trust and Unlock New Opportunities With Education Customers

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This was followed in 2006 with Amazon’s launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which enabled edtech entrepreneurs to build their solutions in the cloud, allowing them to rapidly and constantly iterate based on customers’ needs throughout the academic year.

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States bet big on career education, but struggle to show it works

The Hechinger Report

Do former CTE students find jobs in the industries they studied? By 2018, the number of industry-recognized credentials students earned, signaling they attained specific job skills, had grown fivefold. Until then, students’ post-high school employment outcomes remain a mystery. Do they earn good wages?

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Community Colleges Have Long Powered the Economy. To Sustain That Role, They Must Innovate.

Edsurge

The marriage between industry, community colleges, and career and technical education is real. To envision how community colleges need to evolve in their partnership with industry, let’s first take a look back at how far the pair has come together. However, perhaps now is the time for marital counseling. However, as the U.S.

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Settlement will wipe $6 billion in student loan debt — but not for these borrowers

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report Back in 2006, when Luciano was researching degrees that would lead to a good job in the fashion industry, she came across the website of the now-shuttered International Academy of Design and Technology, or IADT. I just thought I needed to try harder, keep searching.”

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