Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Udacity’s co-founder, Sebastian Thrun, famously announced a “pivot” away from MOOCs back in 2013, and since then the company has focused its energies on paid sequences of courses called “nanodegrees” that it produces in cooperation with large tech employers. There is no change there,” she added.

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MOOC Company E-rate Course 134

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. All three of these companies try to hook prospective users with claims on their websites about their products’ effectiveness. Some companies are trying to gain a foothold in a crowded market. Video: Sarah Butrymowicz.

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Company Pearson E-rate Software 145

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The industry has since consolidated, due in part to an uptick in mergers and acquisitions by education companies and private equity firms. Data from investment bank, Berkery Noyes suggest these deals have grown at a steady clip since 2013. So what is it like—and what does it take—to sell a company? Too Early to Think Exit?

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Company EdTech Industry Data 93

Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2022

Edmodo is permanently shuttering , the company announced late Monday. It’s no longer viable “for us to maintain the level of service you deserve and that we can take pride in ourselves,” the company wrote in an online explanation of its closure. Edmodo platform was one of my best app when I started teaching in 2013.”

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Edmodo Tools Schoology Company 156

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

China-based edtech companies raked in more than $1 billion in investment in 2015, or 37 percent of global funding for the year. At Coursera, we’ve seen registered users in China climb by more than 500 percent between 2013 and 2016, crossing the one million mark in 2015. billion by 2018. The hurdles? Find the right partners.

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Company Coursera EdTech E-rate 79

eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

an innovator in advanced audio conferencing solutions, announces that its Information Security Management System (ISMS) has received ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification , the world’s best-known standard for information security management. For more information, visit Nureva’s website and follow the company on LinkedIn at Nureva Inc.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Since 2013, Glenn has been dedicated to the development and growth of BASE Education, utilizing her 25 years of experience working with at-risk teens to build the company’s online mental health curriculum. “I’m

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Assessment Company System Strategy 100

Philly Teacher

DECEMBER 31, 2013

As 2013 comes to a close, it is time to reflect on the past year. 2013 proved to be quite a transformative one. Spring 2013. 2013 began with the honor of being named PAECT ‘s Teacher of the Year in February. End of the School Year/Summer 2013. Winter 2013. It was a heroic effort.

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Edcamps Conference Digital Citizenship Company 53

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

Nine edtech companies, nominated by the incubators that hatched them, will present to an audience of 25 education leaders. The Colorado-based company was formed in 2016 from the merger of two existing organizations: Digital Directions International (est. 2000) which sells HELP Math, and Boulder Language Technologies (est.

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Company EdTech Microsoft Software 64

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In the heartland of America, one company is raising big bucks in a bid to capture this lucrative market. Louis-based company’s $50 million Series B round, which closed in November 2015. Already boasting 4,000 tutors covering 1,000 subjects, the company is on the hunt for more teachers.

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Company Chegg Industry Mobility 73

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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Pearson Company Adaptive Learning Report 167

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Her first book The Imagine Project: Stories of Courage, Hope and Love (Yampa Valley Publishing, 2013) won multiple awards including the coveted Benjamin Franklin Award for nonfiction titles. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Company Course Twitter Strategy 273

Philly Teacher

DECEMBER 31, 2013

As 2013 comes to a close, it is time to reflect on the past year. 2013 proved to be quite a transformative one. Spring 2013. 2013 began with the honor of being named PAECT ‘s Teacher of the Year in February. End of the School Year/Summer 2013. Winter 2013. It was a heroic effort.

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Edcamps Conference Digital Citizenship Company 40

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Zywicki has more than a decade of experience leading, scaling, and building education companies. Before that, Zywicki co-founded the software company Ranku in 2013, which built two-sided marketplaces for state systems to increase student enrollment. For more information, visit [link].

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PresenceLearning Industry EdTech Software 116

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 19, 2023

She has held several leadership positions with education companies, most recently Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Achieve 3000, Kaplan K12, and Renaissance Learning. Prior to this, they founded their own company called EdGenius.net, where they provided consulting services for organizations looking to improve teaching and learning practices.

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Training Lenovo Course Kaplan 330

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 19, 2023

00:01:22:06 – 00:01:57:07 Misa: We gained authorization in 2013. We started with seven students in 2013, so we've seen some tremendous growth. Can you think of the hardest questions you've been asked since 2013, your thought process in that moment, and how you responded to those questions and led through the hardest questions?

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Adobe Company Twitter Facebook 225

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Where Instructure planned to go with Bridge, its learning management system for corporate and enterprise customers, has been an open question for over a year, when the company was still publicly traded. Goldsmith is no longer CEO, and the Salt Lake City-based company is now privately owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

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LMS Moodle Blackboard Company 144

Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Providing courses to companies, and adults not enrolled in a full-time degree program, has long been a way for universities to extend their reach (and pockets) beyond the physical lecture hall. In 2013, MIT began offering online programs for working professionals to meet learners across the globe. says Piloto.

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MOOC Company Course Trends 63

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. For the second year in a row the conference sold out, doubling in size to over 600 in attendance.

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Conference Flipped Classroom Chromebook Facebook 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2017

Leading one education company is stressful enough for most people. That’s the challenge that John Katzman, one of the most recognized names in the business, has embarked on with The Noodle Companies. As founder and CEO of The Noodle Companies, he’ll decide how to allocate the funds. He left 2U in 2013.)

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

In an article last week , EdSurge shared a 2013 study by University of California, Berkeley economists Ross Levine and Rona Rubenstein, who analyzed the common traits of entrepreneurs and found that most entrepreneurs were white and male. The next logical question is, are those entrepreneurs’ companies any better, in terms of diversity?

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Company EdTech Survey Guidelines 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 30, 2013

We are pleased to announce the Global 2013 STEMx Education Conference , the world’s first massively open online conference for educators which focuses on Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and more. The conference will be held online, around the clock, over the course of three days, September 19 - 21, 2013, and will be free to attend!

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Conference Education Secondary Company 65

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2020

Springboard has shifted significantly since it was founded in 2013. Back then, the company was a search tool for identifying online courses. The company guarantees graduates in the U.S. For the rest, the company reports that its graduates see an average salary bump of $26,000. Most people need human support.”

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Pearson Company Training Software 156

Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2022

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. Tvenstrup says that some critics have criticized the company for tracking students, but he argues their technology does not do any movement tracking.

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iPad Guidelines System Company 218

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 16, 2019

Global Fellow (2013) and Maryland Teacher of the year (2012). The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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Secondary Course Company Twitter 223

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

Pearson is looking for some magic to support its transition from textbook publisher to digital education company. Today, the company announced that Andy Bird, former chairman of Walt Disney International, will be Pearson’s next chief executive, starting October 19. In 2016, the company posted a £2.6 billion in sales.

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Pearson Company Report Industry 182

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. Founded in 2013 (and originally named cwist), Workbench has raised $3 million in funding. This marks just the second “edtech” acquisition by Google in its history.

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Google Technology Education EdTech 154

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

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Robotics EdTech Learning Secondary 109

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2019

Before they founded a company together, Freddy Vega and Christian Van Der Henst were rivals. They had two different companies that provided services to Flash programmers until a combination of the programming language’s decline in popularity with the global recession killed business in the early 2010s. For the U.S.

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Chegg Company Comparison Training 165

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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Software Company Training STEM 120

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Occasionally the state will also partner with companies to provide materials or services to districts free of charge. In 2013, Indiana had such an arrangement with My Big Campus, a learning management system provider that went out of business two years later, leaving many districts without an LMS and more than a few frustrated teachers.

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EdTech Case Study Instructional Materials Policies 272

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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Software Company Exercises Personalized Learning 111

EdTech Magazine

JULY 12, 2019

Since 2013, 39 states and the District of Columbia have passed more than 110 laws addressing student privacy , Amelia Vance, director of the Education Privacy Project at the Future of Privacy Forum, recently told EdTech. . There are plenty of them.

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Data EdTech Strategy Assessment 386

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2018

TIG was awarded the 2013 Intercultural Innovation Award by BMW and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999.

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EdTech Social Media Company Twitter 163

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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Chegg Company EdTech Education 156

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

Erica Kryst, executive director of Cornell Career Services, said that in more than 10 years working in this field, she has seen employers — especially big companies in finance, consulting and tech — increasingly focus on college juniors they hire as interns rather than on seniors applying for full-time jobs.

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