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MAY 14, 2018

At the same time, enrollment in teacher education programs dropped from 691,000 to 451,000 between 2009 and 2014, LPI says. States and school systems are trying a number of measures to fill these gaps, such as reducing the barriers to licensure and recruiting professionals from other fields to teach as a second career.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2018

One sign of that: There’s a 22-story tower in the country’s capital officially named the “MOOC Times Building” that houses a government-supported incubator for edtech companies. The building boasts two tricked-out production studios that any of the companies in the industry park can use to film and edit video for courses.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Those building, funding and using edtech tools must similarly wrestle with these concerns. Now, educators are focused on linking edtech tools directly to student learning outcomes. What’s the dark horse of edtech? (An Technology can collect and harness more data than ever before. If so, what new challenges have emerged?

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

An attendance system to fight absenteeism. A platform for students to create and run revenue-earning companies. These are three of the eight companies in the fifth and latest class entering the AT&T Aspire Accelerator , now in its fifth year of operation. LearnPlatform, founded in 2014 and based in Raleigh, N.C.,

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

When I co-founded WriteLab in early 2014, a few prominent labs were visibly but cautiously putting together startups powered by that technology. Artificial intelligence only works when the system is properly trained to make decisions based on an existing data set. Commercially-viable AI still seemed pretty far off.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Google – which maintains close ties to the think tank – was alleged to pressure New America to push out a scholar and his team after they made a series of sharp statements about the behavior of the company. Heck, you should see what surprises my inbox holds some days: (I did not take the company up on its offer.).

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2017

Yet that’s not the case for Hero K12 , which is announcing, rather bluntly, that it is going on a shopping spree to buy education technology companies. based company is BV Investment Partners , which is giving Hero K12 $150 million to spend on making acquisitions. Making this possible for the Miami Lakes, Fla.-based

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From bigwig financiers to bankers, along with heads of private and publicly-traded education technology companies, the gathering attracted around 900 attendees last week to share the opportunities and challenges in the industry this year. Based Education Technology Companies (2011-2016). US K-12 Technology Revenues (2014-2022E).

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Campbell spent 17 years at Discovery Education, the global leader in standards-based digital content for K-12 school districts, and most recently served as President of the company. We are confident that Kelli is the right leader to accelerate the company’s growth opportunities.” We partner with school districts across the U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

percent annually through 2014, according to investment bank BMO Capital Markets. Venture capital investments for early childhood edtech startups have been steadily increasing over the past decade, before the pandemic paused the trend. edtech startups. edtech startups during that span. In 2019, total U.S. That’s about 5.7

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce. Our higher education system formed around libraries. Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge. Distance reduction allow companies to compete worldwide.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

A company best known (and sometimes rebuked) for its plagiarism checker has just received one of the biggest checks in the education technology industry. Over the years, it saw the most success in education and the company shifted to focus specifically on that market. The founders had to bootstrap the company in its early days.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

But when it comes to the education technology industry, few people outside the country can name Japanese companies off the top of their heads. But the reality is that “few investors outside of Japan know these companies,” said Wada at the event. EduLab has already invested in seven edtech startups and is a limited partner in three U.S.-based

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

While many schools and districts continue to use existing learning management systems, such as Blackboard, Canvas , Moodle and Schoology , Google’s Classroom platform is increasingly catching teachers’ eyes. In short, Classroom wants to be a lightweight learning management system.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

These statistics offer a somber reminder that the edtech industry does not produce quick, home run hits. Other EdSurge stories about edtech venture capital. 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion. Following Edtech Money (in-depth report on U.S. Rethink Education , an edtech investment firm based in White Plains, N.Y.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This is a game-changing law that will impact companies in the U.S. The law worked through the system so quickly for an important reason: It was intended to head off an even more onerous data privacy initiative that was to appear on the ballot in November (with a June 27, 2018 deadline to withdraw). and globally, and moves the U.S.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

While the Wild West era of edtech may be over, there’s still some mystery over how schools decide what digital materials to buy. At every step, they involve the developers so the companies understand Broward’s expectations and why the team made its final decision. What role do learning goals play when searching for the best edtech?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Open-source campus management software provider Kuali surprised users in 2014 when it announced that the former nonprofit would establish a corporate enterprise. Nearly four years later, the Utah-based company is taking another business leap, with a $10 million investment from edtech venture capital firm Owl Ventures.

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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.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2018

A consortium of 25 universities unveiled a new platform last month that will pull in information from systems across campus to bring richer analytics to college classrooms. But they hope to create a process that others can use, and to push edtech companies to more closely follow standards so that there’s less cleaning work needed.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

Michael Simpson, the CEO of equitable hiring company Pairin, called it “microdata” while others referenced data that was more personal, but the point was the same. Can evidence even keep up with edtech? Panelists pondered how companies and researchers can get facts to education professionals on how these tools work.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

We’ve tried to make this event much more broader just another ‘edtech conference’ and to encompass learning and talent development,” says Li Jiang, Vice President of GSV Asset Management. That’s generally how much companies have to generate for most major banks to consider working with them to find a buyer. The joke’s on them.”.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

In 2014, Kings College in New York became the first university in the U.S. Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. Everything else is like trading penny stocks.”

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2021

Just like other officials in the school system, he first learned about the massive donation along with Musk’s 54 million Twitter followers. Since SpaceX broke ground on the Brownsville site in 2014, Musk’s plans have evolved from a site to launch commercial satellites to a hub for manned space travel.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S. As EdSurge reported, to be part of the initiative, companies “had to commit to providing goods or services worth at least $100 million.” Did companies fully deliver on their ConnectED promises? corporations, from Apple to Adobe.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

But the latest cohort at Michelson Runway, an startup accelerator geared towards higher-ed companies, highlights a broader approach to innovation in education. The four-month program is capped with a pitch night in front of edtech investors. The company is asking for $10 million by October 2018.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2018

The “Netflix for education” analogy has become somewhat of a cliché for edtech companies using student data to recommend anything from courses to textbooks. Overall student graduation rates rose from 31 percent in 2010 to 36 percent in 2014, for example. At first, the system showed positive results. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. —

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The San Francisco-based software company will continue a four-year partnership with San Francisco Unified School District. In 2014, Salesforce almost doubled that amount and donated $5 million. Through the program, local companies like Salesforce and Dropbox “adopt” a school and employees volunteer their time in classrooms.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

We are thrilled that MobyMax was recognized not only as the Best Global EdTech company, but also the Best Assessment Tool or App. The 2018 Tech Edvocate Awards are presented to the year’s top edtech companies, products, people, and more. has been awarded the 2018 Tech Edvocate Award for Best Assessment Tool or App.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Both companies trace their lineage to top-pedigree universities: Carnegie grew out of research on computer-based instructional systems started by Carnegie Mellon researchers. Carnegie Learning is best known for its intelligent math system, Cognitive Tutor, developed in the 1980’s. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Want to learn more about Seattle’s burgeoning edtech scene? EdSurge will be hosting hundreds of local teachers and administrators, along with dozens of edtech companies from around the country, at our Summit on Dec. Initiative 1: Open Up Networks — Prior to 2014, only “registered users” could access the district’s WiFi networks.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Flipgrid had raised more than $17 million in venture funding since the company was founded in 2014. Company officials say that as of today, the full version of the service will now be free to all educators, schools, districts and colleges, and that those who bought a subscription will get a prorated refund.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

based company back in 2011, Scoresby’s been driving towards this goal in a number of ways. In 2014, the company launched StudentForms to bring financial aid forms online for institutions. Scoresby isn’t shy about his company’s strategy: “Hopefully it’s clear, we want to affect the whole student finance lifestyle.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

But it boasts a voracious appetite when it comes to ingesting education data and, now, another company. The company has raised $1 million in venture funding since launching in June 2014. In 2013, Schoolzilla spun off as an independent company, and currently serves over 100 school systems across more than 25 states.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

It’s terribly confusing, but perhaps no coincidence, that three of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies—Apple, Google, Microsoft—each boast a “Classroom” tool aimed at K-12 educators and students. Updates and Upgrades: The first of the “Classrooms,” Google Classroom launched in August 2014. Google Google Classroom.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 7, 2022

Digital publishers, the corporate sector, and educational institutions are increasingly using digital publishing tools and learning management systems to create digital assets and impart digital learning experiences. guarantee, we monitor our systems 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year allowing a maximum downtime of 8.7

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2017

Knewton technology is also used enVisionMATH2.0 , a Pearson offering for grades K-8, but neither company offered specific details on the status of this agreement.) “Our The value proposition that Knewton and its competitors have offered to these companies is that by collecting user data, the system can infer what a student knows—or doesn’t.

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