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Microsoft Takes a Bite Out of BrightBytes, Acquiring Its DataSense Platform and Team

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From launching new tablets to virtual-reality curriculum , Microsoft has added plenty to its educational offerings through a series of new product updates and acquisitions over the past few years. DataSense traces its origins to Authentica Solutions, an education data management company founded in 2013.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

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Longtime Edtech Investor Reach Capital Raises $165M for Third Fund

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Garvey says that’s been top of mind for her team as they evaluate opportunities, and she points to Reach portfolio companies like Paper, which works with school districts to provide free tutoring to students, as examples of solutions that help alleviate inequities. But if the company succeeds, there can be a big payday.

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Acer Unveils Ultrafast Convertible Chromebook

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He added that 10 million Acer Chromebooks have been delivered to schools since 2012. Acer Is Having the ‘Best Year’ with Microsoft. Paul Donovan, Microsoft ’s vice president of partner devices and solutions, said, “This is our biggest year with Acer. The Spin uses the Pentium N4200, the Celeron N3350 or Celeron N3450.

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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

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million across 38 deals in 2012 to $276.5 The company says they have been downloaded over 500,000 times by 25,000 users. The company has raised $1 million to date and is in pursuit of a round of funding. The company will track student progress in the games. million across 71 deals in 2017. They’re either into it or not.”

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Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.

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And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Helping Teachers Provide a Deeper Reading Experience

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Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. He then arrived at Microsoft where he met up with his childhood friend Deep Sran, and together they founded Actively Learn. By Kenna McHugh. in Economics.

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