Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

The new company will retain the McGraw Hill name, but will be led by Michael Hansen, currently the CEO of Cengage. Like other established textbook publishers, both companies have reoriented their businesses around digital offerings. billion in 2013. Pearson, with a market cap of $8.5 billion, would still be ahead of the pack.

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2022

Technology teams in schools are working with edtech companies to bring cutting-edge technology into the classroom, providing real-time solutions to long-term problems. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , during 2013–2015, 3.9 percent of boys and 4.3 Signing into a virtual classroom was unheard of.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Meanwhile, with more than 11,000 ed tech products on the market and companies sometimes making extravagant claims about their effectiveness, it’s often impossible to determine which products work and which don’t. Because of these requirements, some companies opt out of partnering, said Ames. The onsite training is expensive.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2022

Students who want to use the restroom or visit the library or other office now pull up an app on their iPad and bring it to the teacher, who keys in his or her access code to grant permission. The school uses a system called e-hallpass , by a company called Eduspire Solutions, founded by Nathan Hammond, a former classroom teacher of 20 years.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Yet in the education industry, these deals have been few and far in between, especially as many of these companies have opted to build their own edtech tools. With Workbench , these educators will gain access to an innovative learning platform that provides lesson and project authoring, sharing, and discovery capabilities.”

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

Six years ago, mixed reality game designer Jane McGonigal ’s keynote at the 2013 ISTE conference focused on how video games can boost resilience in real life. You have access to a limited library of games.”. K–12 Schools Find Educational Benefits in Cloud-Based Gaming. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 05/15/2019 - 09:59.

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The Electric Educator

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

On November 4-5, 2013, Brighton High School hosted the 2013 Michigan Google Education conference. Planned by Michigan organizations, sessions led by Michigan teachers, and even many of the sponsors are Michigan based companies. My slide-deck and a [partial] recording of my talk can be accessed here.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

He co-founded eSped, a K-12 software suite to help districts serve special-needs students, which sold to Frontline Education in 2016, and has operated Blindfold Games since 2013 to offer accessible games to adults with visual impairments. The company says they have been downloaded over 500,000 times by 25,000 users.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2019

This morning, the San Francisco-based company announced a series of “sweeping changes” that includes a new name—Altitude Learning—and new leadership. Co-founders Max Ventilla and Mediratta, who had served respectively as CEO and chief and technology officer, are stepping back from their day-to-day roles but will be on the company’s board.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Founded in 2011, the New York-based company has built a hugely popular training platform that has helped millions of students learn to code over the last decade. But the New York-based company had already served 45 million students in more than 190 countries before the pandemic hit. “We A sample project in Codecademy.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy and interoperability. Fruth describes this new data access landscape as a teeter-totter effect. The challenge, as highlighted by Fruth, is how much data should be accessible to the stakeholders.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

And one of the best ways to improve the odds of landing a particular job is to ask an employee at the company to recommend you as a top candidate. It’s a cross between a career coaching service and a gig economy marketplace that connects job seekers directly with employees at top technology companies. Here’s how it works.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

SYDNEY – Canva , the world’s only all-in-one visual communication platform, today announced the launch of a suite of K-12 education products as part of its Canva for Education platform, making it the first company to introduce AI-powered educational tools at scale. Most educators aren’t sure where to start.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Newsela , founded in 2013, is best known for its leveled reading tool that lets students read content licensed from publishing partners at different Lexile levels. The New York-based company has now raised more than $172 million in venture capital. To support these efforts, Newsela may buy another company for the first time.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — TutorMe , the online tutoring solution of the future, and Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS) today announced an agreement to provide more than 35,000 K-12 students with free access to TutorMe’s online 24/7 tutoring service for the 2021-2022 school year. OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. About Zovio.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2019

That’s the kind of deeply human attribute employers say they’re looking for in job candidates as companies try to adapt to modern changes in technology and business strategy. Companies want skilled employees, and talented students want jobs. What Do Employers Want? Seems simple enough.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

If the workday of an adult typically requires seamless broadband access, then it’s reasonable that today’s students need the same access during their school day. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all. More important, states are starting to recognize the need for equitable access off site.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

More than 600 exhibitors and 34,000 attendees are expected to descend on London this week for the annual Bett show , where some companies come with a barrage of updates befitting one of the biggest education technology trade shows in the world. Company officials won’t say that on record. Company officials won’t say that on record.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

In its latest earnings update, the company confirmed that it is indeed moving ahead with such plans. If concluded, the sale would mark yet another major asset that Pearson has shed since John Fallon took over as CEO in 2013. They’re much more comfortable with access, not ownership model.” It still retains a 25 percent holding.)

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The video’s simplicity and accessibility is the point for ReadyRosie, which offers parents ways to turn a chore like putting away groceries into vocabulary practice. The Denton, Texas-based company is also growing up itself. The company has raised no outside capital since its start. It’s soft and smooth.” Peanut butter?

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

That approach worked for Spotify, a company in the portfolio of growth equity firm TCV , where Marshall is a general partner. And now, it’s attracted TCV to an education technology company. In the past 12 months, the company has grown its staff size by 50 percent, to 200 employees at the end of 2018. million teacher users.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 13, 2024

Mental Health and Wellness Series OVERVIEW Library workers often face a variety of stressors such as tight deadlines, high workloads, and other challenges related to providing access to information and services. Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins. Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Conditions of being short-staffed and overworked, of doing more with less, of managing personal difficulties, and then facing challenges related both to access to information and to polarization--these can really get to be too much for librarians. Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins. or in Niche Academy).

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

Coding bootcamp Fullstack Academy has been acquired by Bridgepoint Education , a publicly-traded higher education company. The company, founded in 2013, claims to have graduated more than 2,500 students from its full- and part-time offerings, which includes a female-only program named after Grace Hopper. million in cash and 2.5

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Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

Today’s announcement marks the end of a CEO search that lasted nearly 10 months for the online education company that offers courses geared at helping people learn skills relevant to technology jobs. Udacity is one of the few education technology companies that has gained unicorn status, meaning that it is valued at more than $1 billion.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. And I want to do it worldwide.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 18, 2023

In her job, she helps libraries, companies and organizations strategize programs, services and strategies in areas related to these topics and many others. Garcia-Febo has a Bachelors in Business Education, Masters in Library and Information Sciences. Garcia-Febo has a long history of service with library associations.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

In education, the shuttering of campuses and classrooms has been a windfall for purely digital companies—some of which are attracting plenty of private capital. Substitute teacher services company Swing Education is creating private homeschools. Even before then, the company had already taken a big hit. “We

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Made for educators, by educators, Code Kit has created an abundance of resources, such as customizable lessons, video tutorials, and other tools, all available for free and accessible online. I’ve been using littleBits kits since 2013, when the company first released the Base, Premium and Deluxe Kits.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

For its next title, the San Francisco-based company is sheathing the swords and shelving the spears. Other investors include Extol Capital, OceanOne Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, which also contributed to the company’s previous fundraise. With Ozaria, the company is dialing down the violence and growing up.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 7, 2019

The Tech Team ministry provides ample opportunities for learners to develop skills across the four broad categories of digital literacy as defined by Dudeney, Hockly and Pegrum (2013): language; information; connections; and re-design. They also boost information literacies by teaching learners how to access and utilize online resources.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2019

The company had bought the myON digital reading platform that March to beef up their company’s literacy offerings. The company decided in-house improvements took too much time. “We The company is not yet profitable but close to break even, says Freckle CEO Sidharth Kakkar. Two years later, the company raised $5.3

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2024

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

For her Schoolzilla company to continue to grow, it needed a larger sales division. based company up for acquisition talks. Schoolzilla, the company perhaps best known for its Mosaic dashboard product, has found a new home with Renaissance Learning , a Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc. The company claims to service a third of U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Last year the company added Oakland to the list with a $2.5 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 $2.7M $5M $6M $6M $7M. New OUSD superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell sees access to computer science education as a matter of equity. Benioff also had a message after the press conference to other companies in Silicon Valley.

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2020

Consequently, test-takers will not be able to access their proctoring appointments today.” On March 22, the company “elected to pause exam activity due to an unexpected closure of our support and proctoring centers related to the COVID-19 crisis,” Sarah Pauling, its senior director of marketing, said in an email. million in funding.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Although I didn’t have the digital world in my pocket with instant access to information, I was able to accomplish my goals and still found great success. Today, parents and students have the ability to access endless amounts of financial information and potential resources to help pay for higher education. Fast Forward to 2016.

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