The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

That kind of recruiting was a relatively new solution for IBM and other companies that generally require bachelor’s degrees for entry-level white-collar workers. It feels like we’re the kids of the company,” said Haruza, now 27. Bridget Gainer, Aon’s chief commercial officer, said the company is stronger for it.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Yet in the education industry, these deals have been few and far in between, especially as many of these companies have opted to build their own edtech tools. According to The Baltimore Sun , the company claimed users in roughly 10,000 schools as of October 2017. This marks just the second “edtech” acquisition by Google in its history.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 3, 2021

She shares the WHO system for evaluating technology, tips for hybrid learning, and timeless principles for considering digital equity and relating to your students and colleagues in professional and respectful ways. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2019

If you go to the “About Us” page on most websites of education technology companies, you will see many white faces, quite a few female ones and a good scattering of South Asian and East Asian staff. This is an education technology problem. We have around 80 employees, and we haven’t raised any investor money since 2015.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. All three of these companies try to hook prospective users with claims on their websites about their products’ effectiveness. Some companies are trying to gain a foothold in a crowded market. Video: Sarah Butrymowicz.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

Between the creation of a social rating system and street cameras with facial recognition capabilities, technology reports coming out of China have raised serious concerns for privacy advocates. million earlier this month. Edmodo began shifting to an advertising model last year , after years of struggling to generate revenue.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2024

Satya Nitta But in the end, Nitta decided that even though the generative AI technology driving excitement these days brings new capabilities that will change education and other fields, the tech just isn’t up to delivering on becoming a generalized personal tutor, and won’t be for decades at least, if ever. “It They’re tools.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 28, 2021

I’ll be sharing my 50+ ways to use technology in the classroom updated with new tools and tips for the challenges of teaching in 2021. In 2015, he was nominated as one of the ‘500 Most Influential People in Britain’ by The Sunday Times as a result of being most influential in the field of education. Ross McGill gives us a better way.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Some online tutoring companies have recently made changes to their platforms to better protect and promote students’ safety, especially as it pertains to online privacy, behavioral issues and parental discipline. Dozens of companies have since formed to offer a similar arrangement, fueled by well over a billion dollars in investment.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2018

Those may be commonly-used metaphors to describe ideal workers at fast-growing tech companies. Any companies that are well-funded enough to have internal human-resources divisions, she believes, should earmark no less than $100,000 to recruit diverse candidates. Companies generally don’t want to share because they feel ashamed.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

When deciding whether a company is viable to be bought, CareMonkey president Peter Bencivenga says the magic number is 90 percent. That number refers to customer retention rate, and Bencivenga said he’s called off potential acquisitions when a company’s performance in this department isn’t up to snuff.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2019

For venture-backed education companies, the path to sustainability—and profitability—can be full of difficult twists and turns. Most of the people affected were part of the company’s professional development team, which worked with educators to implement its supplemental curriculum offerings. Oftentimes, change can come at a cost.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2021

She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015. In speaking engagements, Sackstein speaks about blogging, journalism education, throwing out grades and BYOD, helping people see technology doesn’t have to be feared. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

Over the last few months, biotech company Theranos has re-entered the conversation due to a slew of newsworthy happenings—the Elizabeth Holmes trial finally came to an end with four of 11 charges of fraud, and Hulu announced The Dropout’s debut while Apple Original Films’s Bad Blood is currently in production. Money came flowing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2020

Heather is passionate about integrating technology in education to amplify student voice, increase communication, and engage students. She has been a presenter at ISTE 2019, NCCE 2016-19, the Southern Oregon EdTech Summit 2015-18, and IntegratED 2017-18.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 27, 2020

He has had the opportunity to share his approach to Computer Science education at ISTE (2015, 2018), FETC (2019, 2020) BIT (2014, 2019), CONNECT (2019, 2020), Schoology NEXT (2018), as well as in interviews with major newspapers (Toronto Star, 2017). He has an unshakable resolve to change the world through technology education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2019

Colleges and universities with prison education programs are increasingly using technology to deliver instruction to incarcerated individuals, even with strict limitations on internet access in correctional facilities. But the technology is also raising serious questions about quality. Several have started their own companies.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The world’s biggest private nonprofit test maker is dipping its toes into the world of education technology investments. Each company received $75,000 from Village Capital and $50,000 from ETS. These two companies were identified through a competition that Village Capital has organized since 2009.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

But it has been actively expanding its portfolio, purchasing nearly a dozen edtech companies over the past five years. based company claims it serves more than 45 million students in more than 80 countries. Both companies are currently owned by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Across these products, the Folsom, Calif.-based

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2023

Since its founding in 2015, Swing has worked to improve the experience of being a substitute teacher and made it easier for K-12 schools to grow and manage their substitute teacher pools. We’re incredibly excited to be partnering with Mike and the broader team to help grow the business and execute on our joint vision for the company.”

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 31, 2014

I wish you the very best for 2015 and beyond! Ten Possible Headline for 2015 from Michael Gorman at [link] . Now, did someone tell the filtering companies! No amount of electricity, technology, internet, or ones and zeros could ever match the effectiveness that a real teacher brings to education. Michael Gorman.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2019

Whether you want to follow education technology, special education, math, or just teaching best practices , SmartBrief has an email newsletter for you. Amanda strives to be an innovative educator in a 1:1 iPad school, embracing the wide array of technology available in the media center. ” Amanda Johnson on Episode 493.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

The privately held company, which has raised $2.7 The privately held company, which has raised $2.7 alone; that means the company has at least another half billion dollars at the ready. Few companies have tackled the full range of learners since the days when Pearson was touted as the world’s largest learning company.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Launched from garages and tech accelerators, startup after startup burst onto the scene with technology tools for the education market. The industry has since consolidated, due in part to an uptick in mergers and acquisitions by education companies and private equity firms. Source: Berkery Notes data from 2015 , 2017 and 2018.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2021

but as of 2015, they hold only 25 percent of computing roles, according to data from the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). They can lead girls to second-guess their abilities or interest in technology. Women make up 47 percent of all employed adults in the U.S.,

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2016

China-based edtech companies raked in more than $1 billion in investment in 2015, or 37 percent of global funding for the year. At Coursera, we’ve seen registered users in China climb by more than 500 percent between 2013 and 2016, crossing the one million mark in 2015. tech firms, including edtech players. billion by 2018.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

education technology industry appears on track to surpass the amount of investor funding tallied in recent years. 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. edtech companies in the first half of 2019.

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Edsurge

MAY 19, 2020

Entangled, which also invests in other companies, says its portfolio and ownership stakes in others were not part of the deal. Guild Education rocketed into the headlines in the past year as a one of the rare, female-led education technology startups valued at more than $1 billion. We’re excited to join Guild’s parade.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 5, 2016

With the Every Student Succeeds Act 2015 (ESSA)’s requirements that every student receives a “well-rounded” education, US public schools can again receive funding to help bring art and music back to classrooms! Live Music Tutor helps bring the best music instructors in the world into the classroom using technology.

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Tom Murray

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Advances in technology are disrupting almost every industry, and in almost every country. Take a moment to consider the digital disruption that has already occurred in the following industries (Goodwin, 2015). The largest taxi company owns no (human driven) taxis (Uber) The largest accommodations provider owns no real estate.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In the heartland of America, one company is raising big bucks in a bid to capture this lucrative market. Other investors include the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and existing backer Technology Crossover Ventures. Louis-based company’s $50 million Series B round, which closed in November 2015.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Where Instructure planned to go with Bridge, its learning management system for corporate and enterprise customers, has been an open question for over a year, when the company was still publicly traded. Goldsmith is no longer CEO, and the Salt Lake City-based company is now privately owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

Companies like to talk about their journey in raising money and growing over time, and one waypost for such journeys is to reach the ringing bells of a stock-market debut. heard those bells today, as the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange—though the initial price ended up on the low end of expectations.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Billion iPad Fiasco in 2015 ? It was even greater to hear it from industry veteran, Elliott Levine, Qualcomm’s Director of Worldwide Education, the company that commissioned the research from Project Tomorrow , and who always provides a great interview. Commissioned by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., And who can forget the $1.3

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2022

Ten years ago it was not commonplace to see a Technology Director on staff at an elementary school, let alone a Technology Integration Specialist. Technology teams in schools are working with edtech companies to bring cutting-edge technology into the classroom, providing real-time solutions to long-term problems.

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