article thumbnail

ISTE 2016: Edtech Companies Pitching a Mile High

Edsurge

The Colorado-based company was formed in 2016 from the merger of two existing organizations: Digital Directions International (est. 2007), a research lab which builds virtual tutors for reading and science. Here's who will be pitching: Boulder Learning : Developing learning systems with virtual tutors.

Company 63
article thumbnail

Hobsons’ Higher Ed Business Split and Sold in Separate Deals Totaling $410M

Edsurge

Hobsons , which offers a suite of software for college and career planning, admissions and enrollment, and student success and advising, will be broken up and sold in a pair of transactions totaling approximately $410 million. Naviance and Starfish were brought into the fold via acquisitions in 2007 and 2015, respectively.

Schoology 156
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

This change remained in appropriations language from FY 2007 through FY 2011. FY 2007 $273,100,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). FY 2016 $0 (President Obama’s request: $200,000,000). Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from Two Student Cohorts (Mathematica Policy Research, 2009).

Policies 150
article thumbnail

Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Educational software, ranging from language learning apps like Duolingo to math problem-solving platforms like Khan Academy, provides personalized learning experiences. These technologies not only make learning more engaging but also prepare students for a digitally driven world. link] Hansen, D., & Imse, L. link] Martinez, M.

Classroom 120
article thumbnail

PROOF POINTS: Fixing online credit recovery remains elusive

The Hechinger Report

Online credit recovery programs were a big driver of improving high school graduation rates, which soared from under 70 percent in 2007 to over 84 percent in 2016. The online software was a lot cheaper than paying a teacher and graduation rates went up. It made school leaders look good.

article thumbnail

‘Faculty Told Me They Hated It.’ When an Academic-Alert System Backfires—Twice.

Edsurge

And fall-to-fall retention for first-time college students showed no signs of improvement, dipping from 58 percent in 2007 to 53 percent in 2012. Moore-Davis also stated at the session that the software could be unreliable: “I was hearing so many great things about [early-alerts], but every semester something crashed.”.

System 85
article thumbnail

Owl Ventures’ New $185M Edtech Fund Has Global Backers—and Ambitions

Edsurge

Fueled by an explosion of broadband access, education software and, of course, the irresistible allure of financial returns, investors across the world want a slice of the U.S. Quizlet, best known for its digital study aid materials, has been around since 2007. That sum equals the total raised during all of 2016.)

EdTech 79