Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Each company received $75,000 from Village Capital and $50,000 from ETS. These two companies were identified through a competition that Village Capital has organized since 2009. Since 2015 it has invested in or acquired more than a dozen educational organizations, including an edtech venture capital firm.

Technology 106

Technology EdTech Education Assessment 106

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.

Company 91

Company Video Broadband Report 91

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

My oldest son, who’s 12 now, was born in 2009, and he kind of grew up on it. Duck Duck Moose was the first company that could come up with really compelling apps that were good—arguably good—for kids, in 2009, 2010, 2011. And then in 2015 or 2016, my assistant says, “Hey, this company wants to meet. I’m a big fan.”

Khan Academy 163

Khan Academy Learning Meeting Company 163

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Ox years are: 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021 3. 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015, 2027), you will probably have these attributes: easy to get along with people, you have a deep sense of curiosity, and you like to learn new things. If you were born in the Goat year (e.g.,1931,

Mobile Learning 91

Mobile Learning Mobility Groups Company 91

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

But there’s another number that also has the company excited. The company has now raised $32 million in total. Founded in 2005, Quizlet is probably best known for its digital flashcards, built by a then-high schooler, Andrew Sutherland, who is still with the company as its chief technology officer. Today, U.S.

Study 78

Study Tools Company Analysis 78

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 Edtech Companies With Asia-Based Investors. Based Company. Authess $2.2

EdTech 94

EdTech Knewton Company Robotics 94

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

But the latest cohort at Michelson Runway, an startup accelerator geared towards higher-ed companies, highlights a broader approach to innovation in education. The 10 groups presenting Wednesday were the accelerator’s second cohort, and 14 companies have gone through the program so far.

Khan Academy 75

Khan Academy Company Adobe Data 75

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

In 2011, the company launched myON as a digital service with roughly 1,000 digital titles on the platform. Much of the momentum behind myON’s launch was spurred by the popularity of iPads, recalls Todd Brekhus, myON’s President, who joined Capstone in 2009 to expand its digital offerings.

Pearson 65

Pearson Company EdTech Libraries 65

The Thinking Stick

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

In 2009 I set up a camera to UStream our COETAIL session live from Bangkok as we had two virtual participants. That is a skill that is highly sought after in companies today. A survey by Gallup in 2015 found that 37% of American’s telecommute to work. Not only because we at Eduro Learning are a virtual team.

Trends 54

Trends Survey Company Meeting 54

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Now, the Salt Lake City-based company is back to growing—this time, on the right track, its current CEO Mick Hewitt insists—with the help of a new funding round. This round is a notable decline from MasteryConnect’s Series B round, which totalled more than $20 million across two closings in 2014 and 2015. Today there are 60 employees.

Company 60

Company Assessment EdTech iPad 60

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

The experimental institution, called Quest to Learn , opened its doors in 2009 and became the subject of many books and articles. In 2015, the MacArthur Foundation spun off its Digital Media & Learning grantmaking portfolio, through which it had awarded more than $7 million to the institute. UC Irvine, where Tekinba?

Game-Based Learning 143

Game-Based Learning Pearson Training Report 143

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Under one such approach, the staffing model, learners are employees of a client company. Andela , a startup that trains coders in Africa and hires them out to tech companies around the world, pays a salary to its learners. 2009 Bachelors $40K = $10K/yr @ 4 yrs. 2015 Associates or Bachelors $11-16.5K = $5.5K/year

Outcomes 120

Outcomes Training System Company 120

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Students for Fair Admissions, which is suing the university for allegedly discriminating against Asian American applicants, will have access to “academic, extracurricular, demographic and other information” from all undergrads who applied to Harvard between the fall 2009 and spring 2015, omitting names and Social Security numbers.

Data 60

Data Student Data Privacy Company Industry 60

ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

And if for some reason you need more ideas than what’s here—or if you’re just feeling nostalgic, as is befitting this time of year—take a look at our lists from 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , and 2009. Team put up a fight, but my favorite album of 2015 comes instead from Public Service Broadcasting. Board Games.

Exercises 40

Exercises System Software Comparison 40

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In 2015, Joe was selected by the United States Department of Education to serve as an official delegate to the International Summit on the Teaching Profession. He was recognized as Illinois Teacher of the Year in 2007, and as the recipient of the NEA’s National Award for Teaching Excellence in 2009.

Company 195

Company Classroom System Training 195

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Providing hosted services rather than giving districts the software to install on their own servers is better for edtech companies; it makes their products easier and cheaper to deploy and maintain. Cybercrime is the next threat.

EdTech 60

EdTech E-rate Symantec Data 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2017

After exhausting themselves working late or overnight shifts so they wouldn’t have to miss class, and finding their grades suffering, they both dropped out in 2015, joining a growing pool of Georgians who have debt but no degree. Since 2008, average tuition increased from $4,700 to $8,400. We have to look at our priorities.”. Fran Millar.

Policies 61

Policies Report Study Data 61

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

CHICAGO — By Marquell Brown’s count, he has been locked up “roughly 42 times” since 2009. The online coursework is designed by the education company Pearson. In Illinois, Marquell Brown got a firsthand look at the improvements made from 2009 to 2017. Photo: TARA GARCIA MATHEWSON/The Hechinger Report. Source: PEARSON CONNEXUS.

Online Learning 65

Online Learning Blended Learning Pearson Learning 65

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2015

This marks a major expansion of Microsoft’s YouthSpark program, the company’s effort to get young people hooked on computer science and build a larger, more diverse talent pool for the technology industry. Microsoft, like other major technology companies, is wrestling with gender imbalance. ” ©2015 USA Today.

Microsoft 40

Microsoft Industry Company Facebook 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

As an executive, Howard was the CEO of a public television operation and several television production companies, and a state government official. How you can participate in the Learning Revolution : PRESENT : Submit to present a regular session on an education topic here.

Conference 36

Conference Education Differentiated Instruction Learning 36

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2020

La agricultura es un pilar de la economía en esta localidad, pero no brinda muy buenas condiciones de vida: el ingreso promedio de los trabajadores agrícolas en el año 2015 fue de $17.500, muy por debajo del umbral de pobreza establecido por el gobierno ($25.750) para una familia de cuatro integrantes. Este es mi legado.”.

Company 85

Company Report Google Education 85

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

Companies like Amazon and Netflix have been using data tools like these for years to track our clicks and steer us to buy or watch more of their products. James Wiley is a technology analyst with Eduventures, which does consulting work for companies in the predictive analytics industry. Related: Federal data shows 3.9

Data 107

Data Dropout Company Report 107

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Around 2009, Lee learned about the Junior Theater Festival (JTF) in Atlanta, where students from across the country gather for three days to compete, take workshops and nerd out over musical theater. Her son, Aaron Wang, starred as the title character in “The Music Man” in the 2015-16 school year.) “I

Dropout 76

Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 76

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 5, 2016

Goldman zeroes in on rising college costs , unsurprisingly, and offers some recent data: “Since 2009, college fees have risen by 10.6% Note that the 2015 Horizon Report anticipated this. The report is short but crammed with detail, so let me identify key elements and their implications. in real terms, versus a 0.9%

Education 40

Education Report Company Analysis 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

The school, where more than 90 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and 14 percent are counted as homeless, was founded in 2009 to teach skills valued by the booming technology sector. In May 2015, the district extended ChiTech’s reprieve until 2018. If I’m not able to do it, then I don’t deserve it.

Report 64

Report Study Software Meeting 64

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A 2009 Stanford University study found that fifth, seventh and ninth grade students in California who passed the state physical fitness test and those whose fitness improved between fifth and seventh grade scored better than their less fit peers on the state’s standardized tests.

Exercises 106

Exercises Elementary Report Study 106

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

Unicorns don’t exist, except as an analogy for private companies supposedly worth at least $1 billion. But Glotzbach’s point is that camels are hardy and steady—just as he hopes his company can be. With this latest fundraise, the San Francisco-based company has raised $62 million in venture capital to date.

Udemy 190

Udemy Company Coursera Data 190

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

His flow of customers had fallen to a 10-year low , down more than 20 percent since 2015. Twenty-six percent of freshmen each year fail to return as sophomores , just 2 percentage points better than in 2009, with almost no improvement in the last few years, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found.

Dropout 73

Dropout Training Industry Kaplan 73

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

In 2009, Gates gave half a million to the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, which describes itself as New England’s largest education-focused philanthropy, to lead a four-state effort to remake the region’s schools. Nellie Mae, which had $430 million in assets at the end of 2009, began investing its own money in Maine, too.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

MindShift

MAY 1, 2019

Norton & Company. Hoeksema, & Schouten, 2009). 2014; Spear, 2009). Social comparison processes, already elevated during adolescence, are exacerbated by excessive media use and linked to depressive symptoms (Nesi & Prinstein, 2015). Used with permission of the publisher, W.

Secondary 51

Secondary Comparison Study Examples 51

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

The company does not have an exact count of how many Tasers are carried by school resource officers “because you’re talking thousands, and at some point you can’t even keep track of it,” said Steven Tuttle, the vice president of strategic communications. The department stopped conducting regular surveys after 2009.).

Report 40

Report Resources Analysis Trends 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

News & World Report in 2015 found the percentage of bachelor’s degrees granted to white students in science and technology grew from 16.8 percent in 2009 to 19.5 Lou Allen, founder of Science and Technology Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut. So far, blacks still lag behind whites in science fields. percent in 2014.

Technology 40

Technology Study Course Report 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In 2011, the analyst firm Gartner predicted that annual tablet shipments would exceed 300 million units by 2015. IDC estimates that the total number of shipments in 2015 was actually around 207 million units. The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. Apple sold just 50 million iPads.

Trends 40

Trends Report iPhone Software 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

He is also a 2015 Barr Foundation Fellow, in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to greater Boston. In March 2015, the Aspen Institute appointed Hildreth a Communication and Society Program Fellow. She was a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation Board from 2009-2011. patents.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

He is also a 2015 Barr Foundation Fellow, in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to greater Boston. In March 2015, the Aspen Institute appointed Hildreth a Communication and Society Program Fellow. She was a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation Board from 2009-2011. patents.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

ProfHacker

DECEMBER 12, 2016

For more ideas, check out the previous guides: 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , and 2009 — or share your favorite gifts with us in the comments! But some lesser-known companies make nice speakers that sound good and are quite affordable. Bose, Beats) as well as a speaker.

Tablets 40

Tablets iPad Mobility Company 40