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TenMarks Shutdown Leaves Teachers Wanting, Competitors Circling

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Natick Public Schools has been using TenMarks since it launched in 2009, Nolin says. The district has its own trainers to brief new teachers on the curriculum, but it hasn’t had anyone analyzing the district’s data or explaining how to use certain features and services like before. “We Nobody has followed up to speak with us.”

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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The technologies built by these companies span a wide gamut of buzzwords (adaptive learning, artificial intelligence, gamification) but will be integrated with TAL’s online offerings. Sinovation Ventures , a venture firm founded in 2009 by Google’s former chief in China. TAL has already directly funded a handful of U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Among the bill''s provisions is the return of control to the states over devising their own systems for how to hold schools accountable for student achievement. Responding to President Obama''s call to train 100,000 teachers in STEM subjects in the next 10 years, Google and 80 other organizations have founded 100Kin10.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. The book packaged the ideas he’d developed during his time in the Blair Administration and at McKinsey & Company on how to successfully manage policy reform efforts. And here it is again, still flopping in this one.

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