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Instructure Acquires MasteryConnect for $42.5 Million to Expand K-12 Footprint

Edsurge

Founded in 2009, MasteryConnect offers a platform where teachers can plan lessons, create and deliver assessments, and track how students perform against academic standards. Located just a dozen miles from one another, the two companies have been product integration partners since 2016.

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MasteryConnect Cuts 30 Percent of Staff, Brings Co-Founder Mick Hewitt Back as CEO

Edsurge

Back in the driver’s seat is Mick Hewitt, who co-founded the company in 2009 and served as its first CEO. MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. When Reid took over, Hewitt stayed at MasteryConnect as its chief product officer. billion in U.S.

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National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation

The Hechinger Report

states adopted new, more demanding academic standards in the 2010s, and there have been widespread reports about the difficulties in changing instruction in the classroom. More than 40 states embraced the “Common Core” while additional states adopted similar standards.). Policy changes may play a role too.

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Can ‘Sober High’ schools keep teenagers off drugs?

The Hechinger Report

That was in January 2016. In 2016, unintentional overdoses claimed 1,465 lives statewide, up from 613 in 2011. In Brockton – a once-prosperous town called “shoe city” until the last of its footwear factories closed in 2009 – drugs are plentiful. The standard is what’s appropriate,” Mr. Kain says. “If

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Desegregation is unraveling in this Texas town

The Hechinger Report

They are roughly half of the students enrolled at Longview’s specialized elementary school, which has higher academic standards. But in Longview, most Hispanic students need bilingual or English as a second language instruction — hundreds more students enrolled in those programs between 2009 and 201 7 , state data shows.