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Edgenuity Acquires Compass Learning to Expand Online, Blended Learning Reach

Marketplace K-12

In 2010, Marlin Equity Partners purchased Compass Learning for $32 million from Reader’s Digest as part of that company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy. “Both companies have roots that go back” many years, Factor said. “Compass was originally founded in 1969 as Prescription Learning. Company Exec.

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EdmodoCon 2013 Guest Post #7: L. Neumann from SWEDEN!

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

The school has been 1:1 since 2010, and Lotta is fortunate enough to be able to work with the finding and implementation of digital resources and best practices. Lotta has been using Edmodo since May 2012, and really appreciates "the global teachers'' lounge" that Edmodo creates.

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Competency-Based Education: A Reading Journey

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Martin (2010) Don't let the slim nature of this book (151 pages!) As Martin describes examples of what a competency-based report card/transcript may look like (in particular, the work of the Mastery Transcript Consortium ), you realize how crucial it is to have an effective reporting tool of learning, especially for high school.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

Summit partnered with Stanford’s Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity to develop the rubric for evaluating the cognitive skills in each grade. There’s tremendous hype swirling around personalized learning, with money pouring in from foundations and education technology companies eager to capitalize on the trend.

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Switching sides in the teacher wars

The Hechinger Report

Along with her strong support for charter schools and the Common Core curriculum, Gist was convinced that great student outcomes could be directly tied to teaching excellence. In 2010, Gist’s department was awarded $75 million through an Obama administration Race to the Top grant to implement her reforms.