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Equity and Access at the Core of Learning Without Tears’ Breakthrough Literacy Program, Phonics, Reading, and Me™

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Cabin John MD – Early learning leader, Learning Without Tears, today affirmed that equity and access are at the core of Phonics, Reading, and Me —its K–3 supplemental literacy program designed to help students learn the skills they need to become proficient readers. SoapBox is a privacy-first and equity-by-design company.

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ParentSquare Named Excellence in Equity Award Winner

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Schools know who’s not being reached and have the reports and tools to improve contactability and communications equity while maintaining privacy and security. ParentSquare provides parent engagement tools that work from the district office to the individual classroom, supported by powerful metrics and reporting.

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Duolingo Just Raised $35M. Udemy Got $50M. Both Are Valued Billions More.

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Two of the fastest growing and most highly valued education technology companies are going down the alphabet as they raise subsequent rounds at higher and higher valuations. This latest investment gives the Pittsburgh-based company a valuation of $2.4 To date, the company has raised $183 million in outside capital.

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After its college closes, a rural community fights to keep a path to education open

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Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report The Chatfield College campus. Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report The nearly empty Chatfield College campus on a bleak winter day. Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report The chapel on the nearly empty campus of Chatfield College, which has closed.

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It’s Time to Reboot Our Thinking About Adult Learners in a Digitally Transformed World

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During the pandemic, though, 37 percent of adults pursuing education abandoned their educational goals due to financial hardships, changes at work, or lack of access to programs, based on public opinion polling from Strada Education Network—a situation characterized as a “national crisis.”

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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. In 2011, Pittsburgh-based Duolingo was founded by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker. The company also noted that “in 2019 and 2020, we had net losses of $13.6 million and $15.8 million and $13.5

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Renaissance Learning to Acquire Nearpod in Blockbuster $650M All-Cash Deal

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It’s a big deal for a startup that was founded in 2011 on the bet that as internet connectivity and mobile devices became more affordable and accessible in classrooms, teachers and students would need a way to create and share digital content and resources. The company is also currently turning a profit, according to Carrera.