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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors. SIIA also created an “incubator” program in 2006 to support early-stage education companies, long before the idea became popular in the edtech industry. billion in U.S.

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From High School to Harvard, Students Urge for Clarity on Privacy Rights

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-based nonprofit, states have passed approximately 110 laws since 2013 concerning student data privacy. But what happens in these legislative halls are rarely visible to teachers, students and parents. The concerns raised in the report are not hypothetical nor without merit.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. And “free” doesn’t last.

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