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Teacher shortages force districts to use online education programs

The Hechinger Report

The upside of using a company like Edgenuity is that it takes teachers time to build those resources. Over a year ago, at an October 2017 meeting, the West Bolivar board approved spending $102,500 on 360 Chromebooks to be distributed districtwide. The school district contracts with Edmentum, which is similar to Edgenuity.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

Whether it was participating in device-day pickup or hosting and coordinating meet-the-teacher drive-throughs, the entire district staff stepped up to provide for nearly 61,000 students. The company was sold to Jostens, Inc. in 2012 and the platform continues to serve districts across the nation as School Way.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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 Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.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. 3D Printing.

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