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ACT’s Latest Act: Investing in an Open-Source Assessment Startup

Edsurge

In 2013, nine people left the institute to start OAT. Among them: the New York City of Department of Education, Elsevier, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and PARCC, the organization involved in delivering Common Core assessments. Then there’s the ACT, which currently uses TAO to build and deliver its WorkKeys assessment.

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Global Ed-Tech Funding, Propelled by Big Deals, Reaches New Record

Marketplace K-12

based adaptive learning company Knewton recently announced it was forming a partnership with 17zuoye , which describes itself as the largest online education platform in that country. From 2013 to 2015, ed-tech funding to China-based companies has soared from $253 million to $1.078 billion a year, CB Insights estimates.

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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. In 2013, 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot launched its MakerBot Academy with a goal “to put a MakerBot Desktop 3D Printer in every school in America.” You can learn anything online, Siegler argued. Altius Education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Randall filed the suit in 2013, eight months after the university fired basketball coach Mike Rice’s for mistreating his players.” “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” “For online lenders , it’s suddenly touch-and-go,” says Techcrunch.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. Via Education Week : “ Common Core , College Readiness Skills Don’t Match Up, Study Says.”