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 had a job with another company at the time. I looked into 51Talk and noticed it was a growing company that provided a good salary.

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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

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

MAY 11, 2021

Soon after, Salazar found himself in a meeting with the Musk Foundation, presenting a list of the district’s needs. 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. I’ve never experienced anything like that.”

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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

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

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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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2019

PLATO had reportedly spent about $50 million to buy another company to expand the school grades it serviced. But according to Brekhus, now chief product officer at Renaissance Learning, PLATO failed to effectively communicate how Lightspan fit into the company’s strategy. We send emails, we have meetings face to face,” he said.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2019

This became abundantly clear after one of us (Michael Goldberg) offered a MOOC on entrepreneurial ecosystems, " Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies ," through Case Western Reserve University in 2014. These findings echoed our 2014 study. To date, more than 175,000 students have enrolled.)

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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

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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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

As Secretary Duncan’s chief of staff wrote at the time, the Common Core was intended to create a national market for book publishers, technology companies , testing corporations, and other vendors.”. Billion has been invested in US K-12 education technology companies since 2010. Indeed, $2.3

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2013

It is set to be published by Corwin Press on January 14, 2014. Do they meet the needs to learners today? This post is the sixth in a series that will outline the foundational elements of my new book, Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times. Are they reminiscent of what students will expect in today’s world?

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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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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

Since its creation in 2014, Sora Sweet Reads has proven to be a highly successful, global program in encouraging students to read. The company’s student reading app, Sora , provides every student with access to the right books. If your school offers access to Sora, find your digital collection at [link].

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

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. Everyone from large company CEOs and major investors to startups and nonprofit institutions attend. K-12 classrooms as a 1:1 mobile device.

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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 Other interested companies and colleges should not underestimate the amount of support the Starbucks program requires, Young says.

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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.

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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

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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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. After finishing the program, students can apply to join a three-week, on-site fellowship at one of Sales Bootcamp’s 60 partnering companies.

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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. The same tutor meets with the same student at least three times a week.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Learn more or connect with Amanda on Twitter @ AmandaFoxSTEM Brad Weinstein Brad Weinstein founded TeacherGoals in 2014 as a way to inspire educators that do such important work with students. We have to go back in and continually edit, check for accuracy, check for bias, make sure it's meeting and serving the needs of our students.

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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 spun out as an independent company in 1998. After it became an independent company in 2014, Harel raised another $3.5

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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.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Government can garnish wages and withhold tax refunds to meet student loan debt requirements. *If billion in free federal grant money unused over the last academic year (via 2014). Many companies now offer tuition assistance to full and part time students. Company Education Programs. What Can We Do? Take Action Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

You might see information about a person as you meet them the first time. 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. Google Glass gave some people a sneak peak into augmented reality glasses.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2023

Recognizing the benefits of and need for cultivating research skills pre-college, the College Board introduced the AP Research program in 2014. To meet the growing demand, a range of programs has emerged. While I was getting my Ph.D. at MIT, I received many more such emails than I could respond to.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

As the 2014 competition finalist Shiv Gaglani, cofounder of Osmosis, recently shared, “The impact Milken-Penn had on our business was significant. Because we have been around for a decade, we have a vibrant ecosystem of entrepreneurs, researchers, investors and subject matter experts ready to partner with new companies. Absolutely.

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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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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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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

It’s very easy to feel FOMO, across all the panels, keynotes, workshops, receptions and serendipitous meetings in the hallways. How powerful would it be if a CEO who just sold his company for a million dollars got on the microphone and said: ‘I worked really hard for this. Investors: 65 to 400.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 16, 2016

Meet the career and college-planning app, Schoold.co. 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. You can now hold the future in your hand before this phrase comes to life.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Nearly a dozen entrepreneurs we talked to said they each received upwards of 20 emails from investment banking groups, inviting them to meetings in private suites. That’s generally how much companies have to generate for most major banks to consider working with them to find a buyer. Here’s a few of the things we noticed on Day 1.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Personalized learning, in its broadest application, suggests tailoring instruction to meet the needs, strengths and interests of each learner. Technology companies—in all industries—make users anxious when they describe their work with the vagueness of a magician. He was named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list in Education in 2014.

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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. 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

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Every wreath was purchased from the for-profit wreath company that created both the nonprofit and the annual event." Here's an excerpt: The charity buys its wreaths exclusively from a company owned by the same Maine family, the Worcesters, that started the nonprofit. The relationship has been vital to Worcester Wreath Co.

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