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.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 8, 2017

Please meet and learn from Serena Correnti. In 2014, as a senior in high school, I took a TESOL course from the Canadian Institute of English in Atlanta, Georgia. I learned how to effectively teach ESL using modern and scientific techniques that would engage all parts of students’ minds.

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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

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

It’s a pairing as natural as letters and numbers, writing and coding, the founders of Carnegie Learning and Globaloria would say. Today, Carnegie Learning announced that it has acquired Globaloria, a New York-based provider of computer science curriculum and professional development for K-12 schools and districts.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Why does personalized learning, ironically, feel so impersonal? Personalized learning, in its broadest application, suggests tailoring instruction to meet the needs, strengths and interests of each learner. One of the more measured posts reads: There is NOTHING “personal” about personalized learning! Source: Quartz.

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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.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Jackson Boyar and James Lu Morrissey founded Mentor Collective as a nonprofit in 2014. The company focuses on serving three audiences: adult and online learners, first-year students and those seeking career development. The pair meet through video, phone or in person. “A

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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. Soon after, Salazar found himself in a meeting with the Musk Foundation, presenting a list of the district’s needs. Salazar says reactions from locals have run the gamut.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Kids are helped along by access to take-home devices and individualized learning plans that allow them to progress through class material at their own speed. While the pandemic still took its toll, adapting to online learning was smoother in Lindsay due to its preexisting infrastructure and history of adaptation.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

In 2014, as funding and enthusiasm for education technology was booming, I had been trying to string together a few “yeses” from foundations for the nonprofit venture fund I was launching, Camelback Ventures. A coffee meeting led to information about a funding opportunity. You’ll receive an email, said my coffee date.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2019

Todd Brekhus learned a lesson in effective communication back in 2003. At the time, he was part of PLATO Learning, a school instructional software vendor now known as Edmentum. PLATO had reportedly spent about $50 million to buy another company to expand the school grades it serviced.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Recipient of the 2016 ISTE Emerging Leader Award, recognized as a PBS Digital innovator for her initiatives in enhancing student learning with technology, Fox has also served as President of the Young Educator Network for ISTE, and received the President's Volunteer Award in 2018. Can AI Enhance Student Learning?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

“It bothers me that I am not learning things in school that will help me become what I want to be.” For my students, it was letting themselves to do something risky and take initiative to pursue their own pathway for learning. My students became invested in learning for the sake of learning. What do you love?

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

percent annually through 2014, according to investment bank BMO Capital Markets. Aside from a handful of large operators like Bright Horizons, a publicly traded company, most programs are small businesses and home-based operations. In exchange, these companies take a cut of providers’ proceeds. In 2019, total U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

At the time, many thought MOOCs might become a replacement for both classroom instruction and ingrained models of learning. Yvette Mazariegos, an entrepreneur in Belize who learned from a MOOC. These findings echoed our 2014 study. According to the Times, the first edX online courses had a staggering 370,000 registrants.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2018

In mid-September this year, Yogome , an educational startup founded in Mexico that also operates in San Francisco, held a multi-day bash of team meetings and parties for its all employees in Mexico City. John McIntire, who is chairman of Yogome’s board, is currently acting CEO of the company and overseeing the liquidation of assets.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

As schools seek innovative new strategies to increase reading and learning, teachers are using digital tools inside and outside the classroom. Since its creation in 2014, Sora Sweet Reads has proven to be a highly successful, global program in encouraging students to read. CLEVELAND – May 6, 2022 ? –

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2020

Founded in 2014, the London-based company provides digital content from 2,000-plus publishers. The company has 33 full-time employees with hundreds of thousands of student users. But with the recent investment, he says his team is ready to scale to meet demand. The company has raised a total of $15 million in capital.

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

Yet in May, Humberstone crossed the commencement stage at ASU, becoming one of nearly 3,000 Starbucks employees who have earned bachelor’s degrees online through the company-university partnership program. “It Lessons Learned As of spring 2019, there were about 12,000 Starbucks employees enrolled in ASU classes.

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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

OCTOBER 4, 2018

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. Handing Over Datasets The first hurdle has been convincing tech companies to share the data at all. One is going to shape the other,” he argues.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

No, these are not scattered arrangements of alphabet blocks from an especially precocious early learning classroom. They’re abbreviations for major conferences for companies in the education industry. The last time I took a detailed look at the industry conference landscape for EdSurge was in 2014. K-12 Events U.S.

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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.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2018

2U said yesterday that it had formed a partnership with shared workspace company, WeWork. It’s the second deal cut by 2U chief executive, Chip Paucek, within the last 18 months, and it’s one he hopes will give a boost to both 2U students--and to his company. Market Responds 2U made its public debut in March 2014. a share.)

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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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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

Leo Salvatore is one of 3,000 online tutors for the company Paper, whose business has boomed with the pandemic. Salvatore’s employer is Paper, which is based in Montreal, Canada and says it is the largest online tutoring company in the United States. Screenshot from Zoom interview with Jill Barshay of The Hechinger Report.).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

The college wanted to offer students a hands-on learning experience in a lucrative tech field blooming in the Bay Area. 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.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2017

Building out a high-performing sales team—from the top executive to the sales reps at the frontlines—is a priority for any early-stage company looking to grow. The San Francisco-based startup has since helped 100 students learn the know-hows behind entry-level sales. The company is also embarking on a college tour to get the word out.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Building a business that can actually improve learning is much, much harder. Michael Golden: At PennGSE, we have a long history of inspiring and cultivating innovation at all levels of education, from K-12 through adult learning. Building a business that can actually improve learning is much, much harder. Absolutely.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Children in their primary years can learn the value of money through play, pretend currency, cash registers, and shopping games. Educating children about financial matters early on will enable youth to understand the value of money, learn how to save it, and make wise college decisions to avoid financial disaster. What Can We Do?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2018

But it was the first day he and his classmates were united in the newly-built campus of Design Tech High School , a free public charter school founded in 2014. At the event, Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz extolled “the public-private community partnership” between the company and the school as a way to “bring the best resources to our students.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Instructional Technology Coaches can be helpful advisors for teachers if they learn strategies of encouragement and empowerment. Deb Ramm helps us learn the techniques to help powerful improvement happen in classrooms. Ramm: Yeah, and I think that’s the really great learning piece of all of this. How does that work? What was it?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

They’re among the 10 “talent themes,” or strengths, used to underpin learning in the school district here. Starting in preschool, teachers try to spot students’ natural talents; by kindergarten, each child’s top strengths appear on a “personalized learning plan,” a new type of report card. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 16, 2016

Meet the career and college-planning app, Schoold.co. For many students, college is a time of learning about the world. Government can garnish wages and withhold tax refunds to meet student loan debt requirements. billion in free federal grant money unused over the last academic year (via 2014). By Robyn D. Using Schoold.,

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Doug Levin

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. I hope that New America emerges stronger for the lessons learned from this incident.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2023

It also allows them to demonstrate their interest in and ability to apply themselves to important problems — such as the impact of invasive iguanas in South Florida and the disproportionate representation of minority students among those labelled as having learning disabilities in a Houston school district. While I was getting my Ph.D.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Now, the Salt Lake City-based company is back to growing—this time, on the right track, its current CEO Mick Hewitt insists—with the help of a new funding round. This round is a notable decline from MasteryConnect’s Series B round, which totalled more than $20 million across two closings in 2014 and 2015. We want to meet them.”

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