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State-of-the-art education software often doesn’t help students learn more, study finds

The Hechinger Report

Even proponents of educational technology admit that a lot of software sold to schools isn’t very good. But they often highlight the promise of so-called “adaptive learningsoftware, in which complex algorithms react to how a student answers questions, and tailor instruction to each student.

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Who is the Theranos of Education?

Edsurge

Throughout the years of coverage, journalists, bloggers and commentators alike have each taken to their respective channels and platforms to identify their own Theranos stories in different sectors, while investors reported that likely half of other startups prove eerily similar to the rise-and-fall storyline. Money came flowing.

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US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

Edsurge

For the first half of 2019, the industry saw $962 million raised across 65 deals, the highest amount of funding at the halfway mark since at least 2015. Last year, Great Hill also put in $110 million in Connexeo , a provider of school administration and payment software. In this analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S.

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2018 Halftime Ka’Ching Report: U.S. Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding

Edsurge

edtech company has hit the nine-figure mark in 2018: a $110 million round for Connexeo, a provider of administrative payment software for schools and community institutions. There are newly-funded curriculum and courseware services, games, adaptive learning platforms and study tools. (The full-year tally for 2017 reached $1.2

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Pearson Signals Major Shift From Print by Making All Textbook Updates ‘Digital First’

Edsurge

A report by investment bank Macquarie estimated that print titles made up 45 percent of U.S. higher education courseware sales in 2015. Studies have shown that publishers previously justified raising prices by bundling textbooks with supplemental software that are rarely used. The company reported that 55 percent of its $1.3

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. Enuma $4 million (A) 2015 TAL Education, Softbank Ventures Korea Epic! Demand for these services run fierce; individual tutors report making as much as $8 million a year. film and production studios.

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Developing a Research Base to Evaluate Digital Courseware

Edsurge

Babson Survey , the proportion of academic leaders who report that online learning is critical for long-term institutional growth has grown from 49 percent in 2002 to 71 percent in 2015, and institutions are investing in edtech products to support digital learning. An evaluation of adaptive learning products by.