eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2022

During the initial phase of COVID-19 lockdowns, Generation Alpha (born 2010-2024) and Generation Z (born 1995-2009) had to pivot to virtual-only school platforms. Their rise has disrupted the education industry, paving a potential path towards the future of learning. The space is highly competitive and rapidly growing.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

company (NYSE: LRN) – is a national online training provider strengthening the workforce through innovative eLearning solutions. MedCerts has developed more than 50 immersive online national certification training programs, combined with onsite training experiences. About MedCerts ​ MedCerts – a Stride Inc.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2021

He now makes more than $100,000 as a project lead for a company that installs wind turbines. About a quarter of the workforce in industries such as power generation and water and sewer operations is 55 to 64 years old, according to the economic modeling firm Emsi. He landed four offers and a six-figure job after just two months.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2024

CTE can provide introductions to industries that [students] never knew existed and exposure to opportunities that they never dreamed of,” said Kindred, who has been teaching for about 17 years. Skertich said companies are reaching out to his school district to see which students can work in the field after completing the two-year program. “We

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Four years ago, when Hardeep Gulati took over as CEO of PowerSchool, the company numbered around 400 employees. Schoology was founded in 2009 and has been working on data integrations with PowerSchool’s student information system as far back as 2012, Friedman adds. But to be fair, the industry has never had a good all-in-one solution.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

The term comes from the physical devices that other companies used to sell, where students literally pressed buttons to respond to multiple-choice questions. The Toronto-based company once relied on textbook publishers to distribute its technology. To date, the company has raised $105 million in venture capital.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 27, 2023

Whether you're new to AI or a seasoned AI-enthusiast, you'll gain invaluable insights into one of the companies on the forefront of AI in education. Smyers is a member of the EDUCAUSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Board and has been named as one of CRN’s “Top 100 Women of the Channel” 2009–2013 and named to its advisory board.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2021

Since 2016, a California company has set out to make Montessori mainstream through building and acquiring a network of schools and technologies, and offering professional development programs to prepare future Montessori teachers and leaders. based company has raised $70 million in venture capital. To date, the Lake Forest, Calif.-based

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Each company received $75,000 from Village Capital and $50,000 from ETS. One of these problems that ETS has identified—and invested in—has been popular among the edtech industry and its investors: Knack, based in Tampa, Fla. These two companies were identified through a competition that Village Capital has organized since 2009.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

But when funding dries up and profits remain elusive, companies have to make tough cuts. Back in the driver’s seat is Mick Hewitt, who co-founded the company in 2009 and served as its first CEO. He adds: “As a venture-funded company, there’s been a decision to get to profitability in the next nine to 12 months.”

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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

JUNE 27, 2019

For McCarthy, it was a small sign among many that international countries like India had become powerful markets for corporate training companies like Degreed. “A Companies outside the U.S. To date, the San Francisco-based company has raised about $140 million. are now 20 percent.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2017

What began as a husband-and-wife skunkworks project in rural Wisconsin four years ago has now become absorbed into an education data company that boasts millions of users across 44 states. From there the tool spread via word of mouth, and within six months the pet project became a company, eduCLIMBER , where Matt was CEO.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Esports, also known as competitive video game playing, have recently boomed into a billion-dollar industry, and college students are some of the biggest players. They are offering courses in marketing, communications and tournament management, all within the esports industry. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 30, 2022

He was, after all, one of the most influential promoters of the " school-as-factory " narrative: that the origins of mass schooling are inextricably bound to the need to reshape a rebellious farming nation's sons and daughters into a docile, industrial workforce. It's a story that seems plausible. And that includes the school bell.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The Magic Bus is a program of the Vail Valley Foundation’s YouthPower365 , and is a Winnebago Industries Specialty Vehicle – the first all-electric mobile preschool in the world. The all-electric vehicle will enable operation in a quiet, emission-free manner,” said Robert Kim, Director of the Winnebago Industries Specialty Vehicle Division.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

Across industries, demand for talent was booming. Early reports indicate that many blue-chip companies have begun to freeze or rescind hiring offers to graduating students. Consistent with past recessions, many companies are being forced to cut or freeze benefits such as 401(k) contributions. As 2020 kicked off, the U.S.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

." Tagged on: September 8, 2017 So easy, a child can do it: 15% of Americans think a grade-schooler can hack a school | Radware → According to cybersecurity vendor Radware, the education sector is among the least ready of any industry to withstand a cyber-attack. "Just every other aspect of your whole life."

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

." Tagged on: September 8, 2017 So easy, a child can do it: 15% of Americans think a grade-schooler can hack a school | Radware → According to cybersecurity vendor Radware, the education sector is among the least ready of any industry to withstand a cyber-attack. "Just every other aspect of your whole life."

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

She emailed the company to learn that it was not. “It A company spokesperson wrote via email that “after a thorough review of TenMarks, we’ve made the difficult decision to no longer offer this service after June 30, 2019.” But the company gave no indication that it would close shop. It had raised about $4.8 education strategy.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

It's entertaining, I guess — the dinosaurs and the Neanderthals and the Industrial Revolution, and stuff like that. I talk a lot about the problems of industry when it comes to ed-tech — how venture capital and venture philanthropy have enormous influence on shaping the direction of education policy. What kind of leader does that?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

In July 2009, President Barack Obama announced an ambitious plan to boost employment by 2019. Some of the jobs that have been lost in the auto industry and elsewhere won’t be coming back,” Obama said. Sign up here for Hechinger’s higher-education newsletter. He made his announcement at a community college in Michigan.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Magoosh is fixing a broken test prep industry. Magoosh started in 2009 with four co-founders and a few computers. Magoosh is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. MCAT Curriculum Manager at Magoosh (View all jobs). . About Magoosh. With Magoosh, they don’t have to. Apply Here.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2017

If students are truly “customers,” as some developers of higher-ed tools services have argued, then it’s no surprise that the biggest customer relationship management (CRM) provider is throwing its hat—and money—into the education industry. To date, Viridis has raised nearly $7.5 million of venture capital (the last coming in a $3.2

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2017

That’s the question Top Hat has been hearing from college students and faculty, and why the Toronto company has decided to take on the publishing business. The latest cash infusion is an extension of the company’s $22.5 The company quietly launched the marketplace to a private group of users in fall 2016.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

The disruptions and changes during the past year have made a return to the industrial education model of the 19th and 20th centuries problematic for school districts committed to preparing diverse students for 21st century careers. By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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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. education industry has not become so dependent (yet). To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 Based Company.

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techlearning

MAY 17, 2018

At the competition, teams tested the energy output of their hand-crafted wind turbines in the KidWind Wind Tunnels, presented their designs to wind industry experts who served as judges for the competition, and performed several “Instant Challenges” – problem-solving engineering tasks unknown to each team prior to the event.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. They received large donations from tech companies aiming to diversify the industry. Who Isn’t Being Served?

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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.

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Linways Technologies

DECEMBER 3, 2019

To address the skills gap in fresh hires, many companies are forced to invest in lengthy training programmes. This is a huge let down for industry participation in education, which is crucial if we were to develop programs to meet the global standards. Postgraduate enrolments have more than doubled since 2009-10. India has 216.2

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

But if it’s judged as a whole in the way that other industries are, its collective decisions can be seen as having left it singularly susceptible to sudden downturns like the health emergency that’s thrown it into chaos now. percent from 2009 to 2017, a period during which the S&P 500 index gained 11.2

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

On a laptop in the nearly empty office, he worked on code for a webpage he was developing for his employer, the learning materials company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In half an hour, he needed to join a conference call about changes to the company’s website. He had been at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for four months.

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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. Those who study computer science frequently take more lucrative industry jobs.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

The news came as a surprise to educational game developers and researchers, many of whom credit the Institute of Play for supporting and growing the game-based learning industry. The experimental institution, called Quest to Learn , opened its doors in 2009 and became the subject of many books and articles. UC Irvine, where Tekinba?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Moving to the cloud can be good for both vendors and schools It is in the interests of the edtech industry for educators to feel confident about using technology. Edtech companies cannot address all the concerns listed above, but they can take actions that make district tech directors feel more comfortable with hosted solutions.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 29, 2013

Tribal identity in the age of the Web transcends ethnicity, traditional cultural expectations and geography (Wheeler, 2009). Industrial society eroded the tribal gatherings of more primitive societies and redefined community. The global digital tribe has many smaller sub-sets we can call clans. There is a history behind this.

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