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10 Companies Hiring Teachers Over the Summer

EdNews Daily

If you are a teacher looking for a summer gig, or unique ways to make extra money over your break, please find 10 companies hiring now. ™ is the proud recipient of the 2013 MCEEA Employer of the Year. Their parent company, StudyPoint, has offered personalized and convenient tutoring to students in 25 major cities, dating back to 1999.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. Website traffic to the homepage for IXL, a popular tool that lets students practice skills across five subjects through online quizzes, spiked in March. Some companies are trying to gain a foothold in a crowded market.

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Instructure to Sell Bridge for $50M and Exit Corporate Learning Market

Edsurge

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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Companies Are Bought, Not Sold: M&A Advice From 3 Edtech CEOs Who Survived the Process

Edsurge

Launched from garages and tech accelerators, startup after startup burst onto the scene with technology tools for the education market. The industry has since consolidated, due in part to an uptick in mergers and acquisitions by education companies and private equity firms. So what is it like—and what does it take—to sell a company?

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Transeo Names EdTech Industry Leader Cecilia Retelle Zywicki as CEO

eSchool News

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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Springboard Hopes $31 Million Will Launch Its Bootcamps to Next Level.

Edsurge

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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Meet the Edtech Grantees of Google’s $25 Million AI Impact Challenge

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Founded in 2013, the New York City-based organization offers web-based exercises that asks students to fix and improve sentences. The tool essentially allows teachers to send messages via text, web or mobile app that can be automatically translated into 25 languages. Another organization, Quill , is receiving a $1.3 Another grant—$1.5

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