eSchool News

MAY 22, 2023

Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA. Learn more at [link]. ParentSquare’s technology platform features comprehensive integrations with school administrative systems, translation to more than 100 languages, and app, email, text, voice, and web portal access for equitable communication.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

This certification was awarded by Digital Promise , a non-profit established by the US Congress in 2011 to develop research, practice, and technologies to drive education equity, in partnership with the EdTech Equity Project. SoapBox is a privacy-first and equity-by-design company. Learn more at www.SoapBoxLabs.com

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Hapara

JANUARY 28, 2022

para has provided learning technologies to Alberta school divisions since 2011. para has become an international edtech company that supports learner equity and learning excellence. para Instructional Suite makes it easy for educators to streamline their digital learning plans. para to meet their needs.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2021

In Coursera’s second quarter 2021 results reported last week, the company reported revenue growth of 38 percent on the strength of global demand for reskilling, and “sustained demand for career-oriented professional certificates targeted at entry-level digital jobs.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

During its heyday, Amplify touted its orange tablets as the tool that would transform digital learning experiences in school. Yet the company’s most impressive offering may have been its games. All three parties decided to merge their assets under one new company that adopted the Touch Press brand. The Brooklyn, N.Y.-based

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

For example, despite increased activity on the platform—concurrent users on the Canvas LMS were up 60 percent from typical use patterns and video submissions are up tenfold from typical use patterns pre-Covid-19—the costs of moving more data and training more educators will keep the company from a short-term windfall, Benson says.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2019

A third shareholder in Instructure , the publicly traded provider of the Canvas learning management system used by colleges and K-12 schools, has come out against a proposed $2 billion sale of the company to a private equity firm. Blackboard itself went from a publicly traded company to private equity owned in 2011.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

From 2011 to 2014, U.S. higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. Digital-only textbooks accounted for 29 percent, while digital-and-print bundles accounted for 26 percent. billion to $3.3

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The board of learning management system provider Instructure is open to taking the publicly traded company private. In a statement Thursday , Instructure said it may sell to a strategic partner or continue as a standalone public company as part of an exploration of “strategic alternatives in order to maximize shareholder value.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

They have lodged accusations against Instructure that include a lack of transparency in how Instructure executives found a buyer and securing a deal that undervalues the company. “I The deal also brings to mind the case of Blackboard, which was taken from a publicly traded LMS provider to private equity ownership in 2011.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Founded in 2011, Smart Sparrow had raised about $23.5 Already, the Sydney, Australia-based company has pulled back on its social media presence. On its website , the company claims it has more than 700 institutional customers across the K-12, higher education and corporate learning space. million in venture capital.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

When you’re the company behind those classroom solutions that are either deemed essential or scrapable at the end of the year, it’s imperative to keep a finger on the pulse of those conversations districts are having on an annual basis. Don’t be the company that rests on its performance in the classroom from the year before.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

The publisher co-led the New York City-based company’s $33 million Series D round in October 2011, hailed at the time as a strategic investment and a major vote of confidence in Knewton’s potential. Through these partnerships, Knewton tags digital content with metadata and maps them onto a learning path.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Udacity is one of the few edtech companies to gain “unicorn” status, meaning it is valued by investors at over $1 billion. Is the company a new kind of (unaccredited) university? These days the company does a little bit of all those things, but it doesn’t fit neatly into any of the categories. A publisher?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

We started EdSurge in 2011 by focusing on K-12 education. EdSurge is all about exploring one fundamental question: How can learning be supported by technology? In 2011, our attention was riveted by the entrepreneurial activity surrounding students in grades K through 12. Here’s what we’re doing and how we hope you can help.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

PowerSchool purchased an IEP management business while ed-tech companies including Speakaboos, FreshGrade and Nearpod received significant investments. based MAXIMUS partners with state, federal and local governments to provide health and human service programs and solutions to a diverse array of communities, according to the company website.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

But the font spread after Boer won the Smart Future Minds Award in Amsterdam in 2011. The font also won first prize at the Smart Urban Stage in Amsterdam in 2011 and was a finalist for the Fast Company Innovate Through Design Award in 2012.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

It could be argued that both ridesharing app companies are popular not only because of the technology that drives them, but because they were launched at the right time. And when you do decide to work with an EdTech company, be sure to seek out a partner that aligns with your vision and goals.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Traditionally, he notes, management consulting companies help districts set up strategic plans but leave the implementation process to teachers. His company coaches educators through the entire implementation process seeking feedback for iterations until about 18 months after the projects start.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. KIPP Morial, a school in New Orleans East, exemplifies how the personalized learning trend rolled out in charters across the Crescent City. DeVonté Trask, 11.

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Veative

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Norton & Company, 2018. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology 27 (1), 2011. Teaching, Learning, and Visual Literacy: The Dual Role of Visual Representation. Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do. Dalgarno, Barney; Mark J. Eilam, Billie.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

She was a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation Board from 2009-2011. Prior to joining the School as Director, she worked in the Silicon Valley for more than a decade at major technology companies: Hewlett Packard and Microsoft. Nigel is also a fellow at the Center for the Advancement Public Action at Bennington College.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2017

This was one of the needs behind the development of Ed-Fi , a set of education data tools and standards, in 2011 with support from the Dell Foundation. As today’s education technology tools are used more frequently to drive instruction, expectations have grown for how data can support teaching and learning. Reports to Insights.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

They will mihi (welcome) you formally in Te Reo (Maori, New Zealand’s first language) and proceed to inform and charm you over 20 minutes via an interactive presentation about their competency in digital learning. This fund represented about 20 percent of the cost of all the digital devices. Their message is crystal clear.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

For the past several years the district has been focused on personalizing learning for its students by introducing more choice into classrooms, using blended learning strategies and offering multi-age classrooms. We shouldn’t be creating something that isn’t going to apply to the other districts around us,” Peetz said.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 15, 2019

With respect to school change, he describes himself as a “catalyst for creative engagement and collaborative learning.” in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas Tech University in 2011. He is the author of several books on effectively using digital technologies to communicate and assess learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2016

She began a long career in education, which included cofounding two social enterprise organizations (one of which helped get 4,000 women off welfare), serving as a Commissioner of San Francisco Unified School District’s Board of Education and starting two edtech companies.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

in the Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Deviance from the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts in 2011 and went on to become a behavior dean at North High School. I used to work in cafes and restaurants and in 2005 me and friend of mine set up this company with social responsibility. Courtney completed her B.A

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. Data breaches happen with alarming frequency. Alphabet was sitting on $94.7

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And whether you are personally concerned about issues of privacy (perhaps because you believe you have nothing to hide ), you should be concerned about the ability of even the most sophisticated technology company to keep the data collected about you secure. Data breaches happen with alarming frequency. Alphabet was sitting on $94.7

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