Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Some of the conclusions may not come as a surprise in the Omidyar Network’s report on what works in scaling education technology in different regions worldwide. Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. By many measures, the country’s education technology ecosystem is small.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today it has been selected for the GSV (Global Silicon Valley) 150, a list of the world’s most transformative private companies in education. Not only do we embrace change, we create it.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Access to technology for all students is a major goal for many schools, companies, and organizations—yet access is only part of the equation. Once an educational technology (edtech) tool is in a school, the hard work is just beginning due to a number of potential hurdles and challenges that leadership and educators need to overcome.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

I am a huge proponent of harnessing and leveraging mobile technology in the classroom. As the principal, I decided to implement Bring Your Own Device back in 2010 as a way to not only take advantage of student-owned devices but to also improve the learning culture through more empowerment and ownership. More on this in a little bit.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

I was lucky enough to attend the inaugural ASU GSV back in 2010 in Tempe, Arizona. This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. Here’s why 2021 was a banner year for U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Launched from garages and tech accelerators, startup after startup burst onto the scene with technology tools for the education market. The industry has since consolidated, due in part to an uptick in mergers and acquisitions by education companies and private equity firms. So what is it like—and what does it take—to sell a company?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The experience of teaching in a private language school varies considerably depending on the country you are in and on the company itself. She started as a TEFL teacher in 2010 but then progressed to teacher training. Like in any field, there are great employers while others are less than ideal.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

education technology startups reached a record $2.2 Across the globe, that figure surpassed $16 billion , marking a 32-fold increase from 2010. Reach, though, is sticking to its specialty, says Garvey: “We are still very much committed to supporting companies at the early stage, and we feel we can identify these winners early.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. They were the most powerful companies in education. They bought other companies to try to blend assessment and curriculum as they also continued publishing. EdSurge: What technology has actually delivered on its promise?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Emerging technologies have the potential to reshape the educational landscape. From the earliest stages, as Pre-K parents search for activities and resources to nurture their child's growth, to K-12 schools adopting technology to improve student outcomes and operational efficiencies, the impact of modern learning tools is undeniable.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. As part of the change, the Washington, D.C.-based

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2022

A consultant recently noticed a company announcement about the features in the U.K. The company did not respond to questions about the program. But recent reports have speculated that the company could “bootstrap an online course ecosystem.” version of the platform and shared a screenshot on Twitter.

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eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2023

The company has named Abhinav Ramani as chief operating officer and Aaron Osmond as chief growth officer. In addition, Osmond has held executive positions at companies such as Pearson Assessments and Certiport, a Pearson VUE business. After that, Osmond was promoted to global lead for the AWS Training and Certification team.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2023

The SIIA Education Division serves and represents more than 200 member companies that provide software, digital content and other technologies that address educational needs. I’ll be digging deeper into these companies and products in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

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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. While these students were heavy technology users, they were unskilled remote learners, with many never having the experience of online-only learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

Leading one education company is stressful enough for most people. That’s the challenge that John Katzman, one of the most recognized names in the business, has embarked on with The Noodle Companies. As founder and CEO of The Noodle Companies, he’ll decide how to allocate the funds. But try doing four—simultaneously.

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2023

The EdTech Awards were established in 2010 to recognize, acknowledge and celebrate the innovators, leaders, and trendsetters in education technology. The annual program shines a spotlight on cool tools, inspiring leaders and innovative trendsetters across the K-12, higher education and skills and workforce sectors.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

That’s so 2010. That’s the conclusion reached by Barbara (“Bobbi”) Kurshan, a long-time veteran of the education technology world. Their hope is that these programs will help pave the way toward the kind of supportive environment that education technology companies need to survive. Edtech startup incubators?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Another thing I learned is even though the course focused on grades six through 12; I work with information technology for kindergarten through 12th grade. I learned that there are five ways schools use technology in the classroom. Technology. Education Technology. Education technology is not the same as computer science.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2019

Other investors include education technology executives, like Penn Foster CEO Frank Britt and Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig, along with Zynga founder Mark Pincus and Flatiron Health CEO, Nat Turner. million such openings have been added since 2010. The company is based in Los Angeles, home to many of these companies.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A decade ago, as we saw innovators and entrepreneurs applying new technology across business sectors, we wanted to inspire them to focus on solving the many challenges we face at all levels of education. Today’s marketplace for education and edtech companies is quite different than it was in 2010. Absolutely.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today it has been selected for the GSV (Global Silicon Valley) 150, a list of the world’s most transformative private companies in education. Not only do we embrace change, we create it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 3, 2019

People have noticed that there has been a slump in sales for Barnes and Noble, and the company has closed many locations. According to Statista, only 20 percent of people say they buy their books in a physical store, and bookstore sales dropped 4 billion dollars from 2010 to 2015. So, what’s going on? How Amazon Dominates Book Sales.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2024

Those are vital questions for education technology innovators as they build ventures, secure funding and expand their impact. From idea to scale, Catapult helps companies shape, develop and deploy innovative, proven solutions to meet critical educational challenges. If you build it, will it work? And how will you measure it?

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edWeb.net

APRIL 4, 2022

edWeb is also a Finalist in two other categories: Online Courses/MOOC Solution and EdTech Company Setting a Trend. The EdTech Awards from EdTech Digest recognize outstanding contributions in transforming education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

There is much that’s wrong with the educational technology (“edtech”) market. Edtech companies are primarily focused on what we might call “statistical students.” Why are we hell-bent on taking the greatest communications technology ever known and making sure that no one communicates with it?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2020

Weld North Education, an education company that has long focused on providing digital intervention and supplemental products in the K-12 market, has acquired LearnZillion , a Washington, D.C.-based based company that sells core curricula. Open Up Resources is among the other companies also selling products around the materials.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2019

based company explained the difficult decision as an effort to return its focus to the education market following a foray into creating consumer toys. Sphero has acquired littleBits , a New York City-based company best known for its electronic kits and instructional resources that introduce kids to building and programming by hand. “We

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

To continue that effort, the company announced its new CEO, Steve Daly, will start his first day of work on July 1. Daly will succeed former CEO Dan Goldsmith, who steered what was a publicly-traded company through a protracted and contested sales process to Thoma Bravo—a drama that began in December 2019.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

Since its debut in 2010, the Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition (EBPC) has awarded about $1 million to edtech entrepreneurs. Technology in Grades K through 12. EdSurge: What distinguishes the EBPC from other business plan contests? Connecting Research to Practice. Teaching & Learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

SplashLearn, the US-headquartered learning company began 2021 on a high note raising $18 million in Series C funding round led by Owl Ventures. SplashLearn was incorporated in 2010. Patel Managing Director, Owl Ventures , who would be joining the company’s board along with Abhinav Chaturvedi. “We About Owl Ventures.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 19, 2023

With Sato’s leadership, the school’s IB Career Program has grown from 7 to 155 students, with pathways in Health Science, Technology, and Education. The IB Career-Related Program, a relatively new initiative that started around 2010 in the IB, saw Reagan High as one of the first schools authorized to become an IB Career-Related Program.

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SpeechTechie

JULY 20, 2022

When the iPad came out in 2010, I was skeptical. There are few rivals on the web to assets such as Toca Boca and their younger kiddo company, Sago Mini , the apps of which bring visuals and interactivity to countless world contexts, therefore opening the door to speech and language targets. Lower screens to the table.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Hate it or love – technology in education is here to stay. Edtech is booming, with 40 times more venture capital invested in the sector in 2021 than in 2010. Close the Digital Gap for Students As technology becomes more ingrained in education, the digital divide is becoming an ever-larger driver of educational inequity.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2018

The post-1990’s generation, Gen Z, doesn’t remember a world without digital technology. In fact, the children of millennials, born after 2010, are sometimes described as Generation Alpha. Even though technology has allowed knowledge to be more easily attained for more people, there are roadblocks to learning that must be surmounted.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We were in the early innings of what I argued at that time was more of a supply-side-driven phenomenon: universities and companies were experimenting with new offerings, and the groundwork was being laid for a more digitally-oriented, shorter-form credentialing future.

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