Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

But by 2015, Pearson was looking to unload PowerSchool , which was bought by the private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners for $350 million. Under Vista’s ownership, PowerSchool has spent more than $1 billion acquiring other edtech companies, including grabbing the Schoology learning management system popular with K-12 schools.

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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

JANUARY 15, 2020

education technology sector in 2019. According to an EdSurge database of publicly announced funding deals, investment in edtech companies reached at least $1.66 edtech industry in 2019 is largely mirrored across the broader venture capital landscape. billion across 105 deals in 2019, a five-year high in value.

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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. The two most recent acquisitions are Hoonuit , a set of data management and analytics tools, and Schoology , a learning management system. schools and districts. Across these products, the Folsom, Calif.-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. By October 2015, Google estimated some 10 million students and teachers were using it.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

The ambitions for New York City’s Innovation Zone (or iZone) were sweeping: By 2014, city leaders hoped it would be the catalyst for technologically enhanced personalized learning models throughout the district, encompassing 400 schools. They are getting different information about what good innovation or edtech is,” he explains.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Common Sense Privacy Evaluations Common Sense, a nonprofit education and advocacy organization, maintains a database that evaluates edtech tools on whether they are safe for use in schools. Since the project began in 2015, the privacy team has evaluated nearly 300 education apps.

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