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Carnegie Learning Gets a Makeover After Private Equity Investment

Edsurge

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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Teaching isn’t Rocket Science – It’s Way More Complex

The CoolCatTeacher

Doug: Well, the people that started this back in about 2007… They just started recording their lessons. You know, we’re not giving the kids the tools in school along with opportunities to collaborate, that they need on the job, that the companies are asking for. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Edtech and Social Emotional Learning #sel

The CoolCatTeacher

As you blend your classroom, pay attention to the BRICKS (face to face) and CLICKS (online) classroom. She has presented her research across the US and Canada since 2007. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Vicki: Wow.

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5 Trends to Watch in 2011

The Electric Educator

Blended Learning is the combination of face to face and online instruction. Media companies are slowly realizing the demand for streaming services and are opening their vaults to services such as Netflix, but at a hefty price. Look for them at the next education conference that you attend!

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

In 2007, administrators were frustrated by the district’s poor outcomes and low graduation rate. After unsuccessfully approaching several major internet companies, the district decided to take matters into its own hands. Ninety five percent of students in the district are Hispanic.

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Looking Past COVID: Science Education Post Pandemic

edWeb.net

In 2007, Dr. Pellegrino was elected to lifetime membership in the National Academy of Education. His research and development interests focus on thinking and learning and the implications of cognitive research and theory for assessment and instructional practice.

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What a School District Designed for Computational Thinking Looks Like

MindShift

An after-school club of middle school girls assembled and programmed these printers with grant-purchased kits from the Ohio-based education technology company INVENTORCloud. Read more about Blended Learning. You have to keep trying until you get the result that you want.”. This story also appeared in Slate.