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Internet Archive Hopes to Help Libraries Make Available Books Once Thought Trapped By Copyright

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As libraries work to scan their collections, they tread carefully around books published after 1923 and likely to still be under copyright. Doing the work to do it right is hard, and doing it at scale is really hard,” says Michael Wolfe, scholarly communications officer at the Shields Library at the University of California at Davis. “I

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Achieve3000 Acquires Literacy Startup Actively Learn

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Now, just a few months into his current role as CEO at Achieve3000, Udell is already adding another company to the list. The company offers reading materials that are rewritten at 12 different levels in English (and eight levels in Spanish), so that students can all engage in the same content regardless of their reading skills.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

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In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. In 2012, Chromebooks accounted for only 1% of the devices sold to US classrooms; now, they make up more than half of the edtech market. Indeed, $2.3

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Lightsail Partners With Washington Post, in Latest Latest Alliance of Literacy, Media Companies

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A company focused on improving K-12 literacy through ed tech has struck a deal with the Washington Post that will give the provider access to dozens of breaking news stories weekly, and hundreds of stories in the newspaper’s archives. Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog.

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After Layoffs and Acquisition, LightSail Education Charts a New, Uncertain Course

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Last September, the company tapped Good Harbor Partners, a Boston firm that advises on business transactions in the education technology industry, to explore strategic and financial opportunities for the company. He and Ryan Alexander, the company’s president, are no longer involved in running the company.

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A Proposal to Put the ‘M’ Back in MOOCs

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MOOCs have evolved over the past five years from a virtual version of a classroom course to an experience that feels more like a Netflix library of teaching videos. The change has helped companies that provide these courses find a business model, but something crucial has been lost for students taking the courses.

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How Districts Can Unlock Actionable Data

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This article was modified and published by EdScoop. Given his background in cloud computing and passion for education, he moved to the Google for Education Team in 2012 and was one of the first Chromebooks for Education team members. Monica Cougan joined ENA in 2012, where she currently serves as the product marketing manager.

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