Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

employees working from home and interacting with colleagues and customers remotely at the peak of the pandemic, many companies began to invest in digital transformation initiatives to address gaps in cloud adoption and cybersecurity. Surveys suggest that employees stay longer at companies that offer formal training pathways.

Training 187

Training Company E-rate Software 187

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It’s a big deal for a startup that was founded in 2011 on the bet that as internet connectivity and mobile devices became more affordable and accessible in classrooms, teachers and students would need a way to create and share digital content and resources. The company is also currently turning a profit, according to Carrera.

IXL Learning 179

IXL Learning Learning Company Assessment 179

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Despite the influx of capital, employers, schools and policymakers are only just beginning to harness the sector’s advancements in the delivery, accessibility and effectiveness of education technology. In 2014, Starbucks and Arizona State University pioneered a new kind of partnership. Our schools are facing a mental health crisis.

Trends 175

Trends EdTech Education Company 175

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

The Farmington, Utah-based provider of online courses for technology professionals has been on the radars of industry analysts ever since its $135 million Series B fundraise in 2014. The company has raised more than $200 million in venture capital from investors including Insight Venture Partners and ICONIQ Capital.

EdTech 115

EdTech Industry Company Software 115

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

Sora Sweet Reads provides free access to a variety of popular digital books during the next 100+ days to encourage student reading during the rest of the school year and summer break. If your school offers access to Sora, find your digital collection at [link]. About OverDrive Education – a division of OverDrive.

eBook 98

eBook Smartphone Elementary Tablets 98

ExcelinEd

APRIL 5, 2019

Visit EducationSuperHighway.org to learn how your state can upgrade internet access in every public school classroom to empower more students to take advantage of the promise of digital learning. million U.S. students not yet connected to high-speed internet, 1.9 million are in just 62 school districts. What Others Are Saying.

Accessibility 28

Accessibility E-rate Broadband Libraries 28

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Lessons will include how to select AI projects, as well as how to work with and manage AI teams within companies. He left the company in 2014.) Instead it will be offered by Deeplearning.ai , an online learning company founded by none other than Ng himself. Several of the courses Deeplearning.ai

Coursera 117

Coursera Course MOOC Company 117

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This information abundance amplifies shortfalls in the current system, including limited access to high-quality learning experiences from early childhood to adult learning, the increased need to reskill workers throughout a lifetime and broken models of education that do not deliver equal access to underserved populations.

Udemy 133

Udemy Kaplan Industry Coursera 133

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

First announced in 2014, the challenge invited organizations to submit open-source software that showed potential to help children in developing countries improve basic reading, writing and math skills. The competing companies halved those numbers, claims Emily Musil Church, Global Learning XPRIZE executive director of prize operations.

Tablets 125

Tablets Game-Based Learning Company Learning 125

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Since 2016, these companies have raised more than $1.2 So in 2014, Cutler started GradeSlam in an effort to give every student in a school or district access to online tutoring support. The company claims it currently reaches more than 160,000 students. The company previously raised $1.6

Company 118

Company Google Accessibility Technology 118

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

From 2011 to 2014, U.S. higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. The company has invested in a partner rental program that should reach 400 titles in the second half of this year. billion to $3.3

Chegg 160

Chegg Software Industry Pearson 160

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2024

To help with that decision, schools across the country have paid many millions to private companies that display data on the fate of past students. The company was the first to market scattergrams to schools in 2002 and says its product reaches nine million of the nation’s 15 million high school students.

Study 110

Study Data Company Analysis 110

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2020

Founded in 2014, the London-based company provides digital content from 2,000-plus publishers. Instead of selling directly to students, it now sells platform access to universities and publishers. The company has 33 full-time employees with hundreds of thousands of student users. Oxford Sciences Innovation reinvested.

Pearson 95

Pearson Company eBook Libraries 95

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2019

On the other hand, there is a paucity of coverage about edtech companies that grow their businesses with little or no venture capital or outside investment. Bootstrapped companies rarely have “unicorn” potential and most aren’t nearly as sexy as their venture-backed counterparts. October 2014 My wife and I patch things up.

EdTech 97

EdTech Sony Company Course 97

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

education technology company has reached the billion-dollar valuation mark, and with that comes bragging rights to being a “unicorn.” NewView Capital also contributed $30 million in what’s known as an employee tender offer, a process in which NewView purchased company shares held by Course Hero employees. Another U.S. The valuation—$1.1

Course 122

Course EdTech Company Coursera 122

eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

BOSTON (June 23, 2022) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, is saddened to announce that the company’s founder, Robert A. Today, the company serves more than 5.5 Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, is the structured literacy expert. Lemire died on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

Differentiated Instruction 59

Differentiated Instruction Company Case Study Groups 59

EdTech Magazine

MAY 29, 2018

Ray Allen, a retired basketball player in his 40s who last played for the Miami Heat in 2014, was visiting the school on behalf of his Ray of Hope Foundation , not to scout the next great ball player, but to bring a gift: a classroom computer lab outfitted with modern technology.

Digital Divide 233

Digital Divide Social Media Laptops Microsoft 233

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

That year, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology launched edX, a joint effort to provide interactive, enriching MOOCs to a global audience and make world-class information accessible to all. These findings echoed our 2014 study. According to the Times, the first edX online courses had a staggering 370,000 registrants.

MOOC 150

MOOC Course Video Company 150

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

If we didn’t find that, a week or two weeks may have led to failing the class,” says White, 67, who at the time was managing director of student access and success at the private Pennsylvania school of 7,000 students. Jackson Boyar and James Lu Morrissey founded Mentor Collective as a nonprofit in 2014.

Company 114

Company Laptops Training Software 114

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.

Company 222

Company Study Resources Accessibility 222

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.

Company 114

Company Twitter System Groups 114

Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2017

When Tulsi Parida joined Newsela in August 2014, she was the 19th employee at the fast-growing New York City-based startup. During her time there, the company tripled in size and she earned a promotion. Edtech companies entering low-income countries are noticing some of these challenges and are working towards solutions.

Khan Academy 153

Khan Academy Technology Laptops Education 153

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

In an email, the company stated that “we’ve determined that we simply cannot reach a sustainable business model without compromising our mission of delivering a high-quality coding education that remains accessible to a diverse population of students.”. The company was founded in 2012, and had bootstrapped its growth until its.

Kaplan 100

Kaplan Industry Company Twitter 100

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Google Classroom , the company’s online tool that lets teachers, students and parents manage assignments and discussions, will be getting a small facelift as part of 12 updates that Google is announcing at this week’s ISTE conference, an annual K-12 educational technology expo. It may have captured pole position in the U.S.,

Google 149

Google Classroom Chromebook Tablets 149

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Already, the Sydney, Australia-based company has pulled back on its social media presence. On its website , the company claims it has more than 700 institutional customers across the K-12, higher education and corporate learning space. In 2014, the Gates Foundation awarded the company a $4.5

Pearson 101

Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER 101

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

Make School, a San Francisco-based gaming company turned for-profit educational institution, was already offering a short-term tech boot camp, designed to meet that same goal. At least 75 such partnerships exist between colleges and three of the country’s top boot camp provider companies: edX, ThriveDX and Fullstack Academy.

Company 97

Company Outcomes Report Data 97

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2014

Image credit: [link] Fast forward to 2014 and my district, like many others, now uses an automated notification service. We now live in the " Information Age " where access is 24/7. Thankfully technology came to the rescue and I wised up by saving it on my computer. I had a bit of a paper addiction that had to be overcome.

Social Media 276

Social Media Facebook Twitter Robotics 276

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 380 million tally in 2014. Edtech Companies With Asia-Based Investors.

EdTech 100

EdTech Knewton Company Robotics 100

Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

That’s the pitch behind GitHub ’s announcement that, starting today, educational institutions will now be able to access—for free—its enterprise and business-level offerings as part of a new GitHub Education package. million companies across the world, GitHub is considered the standard when it comes to software development platforms.

Industry 93

Industry Tools Microsoft Software 93

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2013

It is set to be published by Corwin Press on January 14, 2014. Clark Hall at GAHANNA LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL (Columbus, OH) Digital leadership drives school leaders to look past traditional constructs and incorporate trends embraced by Fortune 500 companies to transform learning spaces and environments.

Learning 287

Learning Trends Social Media Company 287

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

Textbook companies defend their new model, arguing that digital titles help students learn better than past methods and are sold for far less than traditional textbooks. For Wright, the student at ASU, one solution has been to take advantage of a two-week trial period offered by many textbook companies. What’s Going on at ASU?

Pearson 162

Pearson Course Social Media Company 162

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Furthermore, those pictures can be stored and accessed later when needed. Memorization may become even more irrelevant as facts become more accessible. In similar fashion, in 2014, Lanie had no voice. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to edit and post it.

Education 364

Education Robotics Smartphone Google 364

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2023

In order for research to work as an equalizer, however, we need to ensure equitable access to quality research opportunities. Recognizing the benefits of and need for cultivating research skills pre-college, the College Board introduced the AP Research program in 2014. While I was getting my Ph.D.

STEM 87

STEM Report Data Accessibility 87

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

In this still from a Byju's provided video, about 20,000 students pack the country's largest indoor arena for a math lesson from the company's CEO in 2013. The stunt came years before the CEO’s company, Byju’s, launched a learning app that would take the company to 35 million downloads, with 2.7 million) this fiscal year.

Company 92

Company Video Broadband Report 92

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

In response to increasingly aggressive marketing tactics by companies that help students cheat, colleges are striking back with new responses of their own. In some cases, colleges are looking abroad for research and models to fight companies that offer term papers for hire, a practice known as “contract cheating.”

Industry 113

Industry Company Software Study 113

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Those developers, whose company TeacherGaming pivoted sharply after Microsoft took over MinecraftEdu two years ago, are facing tough times—and laying off staff—as they try to craft a niche in a crowded educational gaming landscape that has struggled to attract broad interest from schools. That marked a momentous turning point for the company.

Microsoft 99

Microsoft Company Common Core Learning Analytics 99

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Knewton drew heaps of hype and investment by promising to provide artificial-intelligence technology to major textbook companies to make their content more adaptive. Now the company has pivoted, and it is poised to formally announce its own online courseware that will compete head-to-head with those publishing giants.

Knewton 119

Knewton Strategy OER Pearson 119