Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

edtech companies last year, the dollars returned with a fury during the first six months of 2017. edtech startups is already at 88 percent of the total in 2016 ( which was $1 billion ). Several private-equity-backed companies have invested heavily in the “platform” approach. According to our tally, there were 58 U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

edtech industry. The new fund (simply dubbed “Owl Ventures II”) will support companies that serve a broad range of learners, from preschoolers to professionals. Another company, Piper, offers a playkit where students can build and learn about computers. 2015, focused on K-12 companies (with one exception).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

But it has been actively expanding its portfolio, purchasing nearly a dozen edtech companies over the past five years. based company claims it serves more than 45 million students in more than 80 countries. Both companies are currently owned by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Vista purchased EAB in 2017 for $1.55

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

When deciding whether a company is viable to be bought, CareMonkey president Peter Bencivenga says the magic number is 90 percent. That number refers to customer retention rate, and Bencivenga said he’s called off potential acquisitions when a company’s performance in this department isn’t up to snuff. We were doing $3.5

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Technology Education Company Pearson 126

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In the heartland of America, one company is raising big bucks in a bid to capture this lucrative market. Louis-based company’s $50 million Series B round, which closed in November 2015. Already boasting 4,000 tutors covering 1,000 subjects, the company is on the hunt for more teachers.

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2016

But it boasts a voracious appetite when it comes to ingesting education data and, now, another company. The company has raised $1 million in venture funding since launching in June 2014. In 2013, Schoolzilla spun off as an independent company, and currently serves over 100 school systems across more than 25 states.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

In this still from a Byju's provided video, about 20,000 students pack the country's largest indoor arena for a math lesson from the company's CEO in 2013. The stunt came years before the CEO’s company, Byju’s, launched a learning app that would take the company to 35 million downloads, with 2.7 million) this fiscal year.

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JUNE 28, 2017

percent during the Great Recession in 2007. The company says it has yielded positive results for its users so far, claiming that 71 percent of graduates in May landed an interview after two weeks. It turns out TalentWorks isn’t the first company to promise young job seekers a spot in the interview chair. percent, compared to 9.6

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” Honest Conversation. Overcoming Barriers. Innovative Approaches.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

There was a huge “give one, get one” campaign in Christmas 2007 and again in Christmas 2008 where people could buy one of these laptops for themselves and pay twice as much for it, and one got sent overseas, many of them ended up in Haiti. Quite a few big companies. It was all over the news.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

JULY 21, 2013

It''s informative and entertaining and it was created by blur Group , a global technology company that specializes in ecommerce. According to the infographic, Chris Messina first suggested using hashtags for Twitter groups in 2007. Now when people ask, I will have a nice little infographic to show them.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He has been recognized by EdScoop (EdTech Hero, 2017), SETDA (Leader of the Year, 2013), and Common Sense Media (Educator of the Year, 2012). Before joining IMS Global, Bruce worked as an Edtech data analytics consultant after a brief tenure at the big data analytics company Brightbytes. Join the Community.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Ed tech companies are benefitting from the rise of impact funds. In September 2019, a young Canadian ed tech company called Classcraft announced that it had raised $7.5 Instead of just writing bigger checks for good causes, many younger heirs are attracted to the idea of investing in companies with a social mission.

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Gamification Software Company Report 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

A leading advocate of conservative ideas for fixing America’s education system, including charter schools, standards, accountability, and high-stakes standardized testing, she began to realize that these policies were not working in 2006-2007. She began to criticize them and to criticize the federal law called “No child left behind.”

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Policies Academic Standards Company Assessment 36

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

And particularly for those teaching middle- and high-school students, tens of thousands have turned to one of the quietest but steadiest edtech entrepreneurs, Neeru Khosla. Khosla is the founder and CEO of CK-12 , the 30-person nonprofit that she started in 2007 to deliver free digital books, particularly on math and science topics.

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APRIL 3, 2019

In fall 2007, Larry Berger, CEO of Wireless Generation (now Amplify) was invited to submit a paper to an “Entrepreneurship in Education” working group led by Rick Hess, the director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. The company was renamed “Amplify.” I’d recently moved to Washington, D.C.

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Instructional Materials Case Study Assessment Company 147

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

There’s a surprising amount of momentum behind it,” said Phil Hill, a longtime edtech consultant. So the college chose to work with a company called RedShelf, which helps colleges manage inclusive access arrangements with a variety of publishers. But like them or not, the arrangements are getting more common.

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Pearson OER Course Accessibility 119

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The company, which has 14 full-time employees primarily in Tel Aviv, says that it has 10 million users around the world. We tried to start CodeMonkey for the first time in 2007,” he recalled—but found little support. Fast forward to 2013: Israel’s Center for Education Technology (CET) had started an edtech incubator, MindCET.

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Groups Education Company Conference 99

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The company, which is based in Oakland, counts LinkedIn and PathSource among its competitors. They are a collection of all the documents the company has compiled on a single scientific concept. Forefront offers in-person trainings, ranging from teaching companies about implicit bias to helping them recruit better.

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Personalized Learning Learning Company Policies 129

Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2019

Together they have run the ASU GSV Summit , the annual must-go-to event for business leaders and investors in edtech. In the global marketplace and growth economy, your education and your knowledge makes the difference, not only for an individual but for a company and, for that matter, a country. public market cap companies.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2022

Anxiety about its ethics has been around almost since its infancy, and privacy issues surfaced as early as 2007. Yet as Facebook comes of age, it’s fair to reflect on the company’s motives, ethics, and actions. Those concerns have gotten even louder with the company’s shift in name and strategy as it redubbed itself Meta.

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Facebook Social Media Industry Company 177

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I am the Founder of #MexEdChat and I have been an ISTE Edtech Advisor. In the fall of 2007, Courtney went on to attend the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities as a first-generation college student. I used to work in cafes and restaurants and in 2005 me and friend of mine set up this company with social responsibility.

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

opens door for student loan companies to ignore state authority.” This isn’t really financial aid per se, but it’s part of the larger suite of financial products that schools (and the companies they partner with) push. ” Via Wired : “Tech Companies Try to Retrain the Workers They’re Displacing.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

” DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince , is the founder of the private military company Blackwater , infamous for its human rights violations, including the murder of 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007 by its employees. The company offers online degrees in Africa. Google has acquired Quiklabs , a tech training company.

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Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Bresch had previously been involved in another education-related scandal when, in 2007, it was revealed she had been awarded an MBA by West Virginia University even though she’d only completed half of the required credits. 21% of the staff were laid off from the company, which has raised $12.35 Via Inside Higher Ed : “ U.S.

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Education Khan Academy MOOC Company 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Shaw, which is a hedge fund, and I started in June 2007, so right before the credit crisis started breaking. Yes, the edtech stuff. I haven't seen any place where these edtech companies are describing what their evidence is. Nor was I particularly psyched with the actual department I was in. I think we deserve to know.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2017

He has also been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film on Boyer. . Boyer has received the Students’ Choice Award as a Faculty Member of the Year for 13 straight years. Professor John Boyer teaches World Regions through his comic book alter ego. Fantastic on-location cinematography.

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