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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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But visions of a world where every teacher and every student had an internet-connected device, and every student would get personalized assessments for learning, were still just that—visions. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. Kaplan thrived during the decade, growing to more than $2.8 The infrastructure just wasn’t ready.

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Weld North Education Acquires LearnZillion in Its First K-12 Core Curriculum Deal

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Since then, Weld North Education has acquired Glynlyon , which offers online K-12 courses for intervention and credit recovery, and Assessment Technology Inc. Core curriculum was not LearnZillion’s initial focus when the company started in 2011. LearnZillion’s assets will become part of Edgenuity. LearnZillion had raised $32.5

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Edgenuity Acquires Compass Learning to Expand Online, Blended Learning Reach

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Assessments are built into both systems. and it was purchased for an estimated $50 million in 2011 by Weld North. Former Kaplan CEO Making Big Moves in Education Market. Compass Learning provides intervention and skills instruction in math, reading, and language arts for K-8. Edgenuity was founded in 1998 as Education2020 Inc.,

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Kaplan Will Offer Free Online PSAT Prep.” ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. ” Accreditation and Certification. .” ” Go, School Sports Team! Sandusky was ultimately convicted on 45 separate charges.

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.” Via Politico : “Partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement led to the displacement of more than 300,000 Hispanic students between 2000 and 2011, with most of those students disappearing from elementary schools.” ” Education in the Courts.

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” There are more stories about Purdue University Global, formerly the for-profit Kaplan University, in the “labor and management” section below. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Cumulative Growth in Number of MOOCs , 2011–18.” Writing assessment company Writable has raised $3.2

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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. In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million. In 2011, the Mozilla Foundation unveiled its “Open Badges Project,” “an effort to make it easy to issue and share digital learning badges across the web.”

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