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Instructure Acquires MasteryConnect for $42.5 Million to Expand K-12 Footprint

Edsurge

With the addition of MasteryConnect’s formative assessment tools, Instructure aims to capitalize on what it sees as a “shift occurring at the state level as they replace high-stakes, end-of-year testing with innovative assessment models,” according to a prepared statement. billion by 2020. But those efforts did not pay off.

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Open Up Resources Takes A Digital Leap Through Kiddom Partnership

Edsurge

Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. Both executives said more specific pricing will be finalized in 2020. Founded in 2013, the company has raised $21.5

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

In mid-March 2020, schools in Lindsay Unified shut down in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2016, Lindsay Unified, a school district in California’s Central Valley, asked the city of Lindsay if the district could locate antennae on the community’s tallest buildings to expand its own network in order to provide free community Wi-Fi.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

Teachers can create multimedia assessments and activities for their students, who record and embed their responses. For example, as the New York Times reported in April 2020, the Library of Congress has created a new digital tool to help aspiring DJs. But this simply isn’t true in the modern educational climate.