eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The company has acquired Global Teletherapy, the leading teletherapy service provider to virtual K-12 schools, and has signed a definitive agreement for Spectrum Equity, a leading growth equity firm, and The Rise Fund, TPG’s multi-sector global impact investing strategy, to acquire a majority stake in the company.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Every now and then, it's been hard to do a call while the kids are screaming or something like that, but between meetings, to see them or have lunch with them or go on a walk with them, that part has been actually quite nice.” EdSurge: How did you adapt to meet the needs of students during the pandemic? They were real education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Recipient of the 2016 ISTE Emerging Leader Award, recognized as a PBS Digital innovator for her initiatives in enhancing student learning with technology, Fox has also served as President of the Young Educator Network for ISTE, and received the President's Volunteer Award in 2018. So, for example, I know of an ed tech company in the U.K.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, acquired the Company in 2018 and will remain a major shareholder. The new investment from Blackstone will enable the Company to further accelerate organic growth initiatives and innovation across its product suite.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In 2012, the government of India stated that it would need to build 1,000 new universities and an astounding 50,000 new colleges by 2020 to meet expected demand as its population and workforce continued to grow. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 4, 2017

In “ The Innovator’s Mindset “, I use the following definition: Innovation is a common term in many educational circles today and has been used a number of times in this book already. This has totally changed the way we purchased things online, and has shaped other companies along the way.

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The Principal of Change

JUNE 26, 2017

line of books, we have formed a subsidiary publishing company, IMpress. First off, let’s look at the definition of obedient : Obedient—complying or willing to comply with orders or requests; submissive to another’s will. You have deadlines that you have to meet (i.e., I cringed a little. Okay, maybe a lot. report cards).

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Education Company Training Student Engagement 77

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. SchoolNet helped many of these districts—and benefitted as well.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

A groundbreaking 2016 study, underwritten by Reading Plus , an adaptive literacy intervention platform, found that contemporary silent readers are significantly less efficient than their counterparts from 1960—and the researchers suggested a direct link to the decline in the overall amount of time students spend reading. Cue Reading Plus.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

As a result of this new attitude, at least 14 state legislatures considered new laws in 2016 that would increase the amount of physical education or recess schools are required to offer or raise the bar for qualifications for physical education teachers, according to a 2016 report by the Society for Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE).

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Doug Levin

MAY 16, 2016

Doug Levin (@douglevin) May 3, 2016. I said my piece in the updated article that spurred my original comment (including that the service the company in question provides looks “interesting and valuable,” especially in the context of the K-12 assessment market). notOER https://t.co/q3CzWFNmJz. q3CzWFNmJz.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. It also invested in software like ST Math and the reading program Lexia, created by the Rosetta Stone company. DeVonté Trask, 11. Lexia costs around $5,000 per year.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

When edtech companies approach Kara Monroe, they all tout how their product is different from everybody else’s. Users can try the tool to evaluate courseware products that meet the framework’s definition. It will formally launch out of beta in Fall 2016 and be updated annually.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

And then, of course, we take a picture, and we Tweet it out, and they’re recognized in their Morning Meeting, and things like that. So you’ll definitely want to check the Shownotes for this, and we’ll also give you links to Lee Ann’s work so you can learn more about it. Vicki: So much great advice! Blog: [link].

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2016

Companies, unsurprisingly, are happy to help "prove" their effectiveness by publishing their own studies, sometimes in partnership with third-party research groups, to validate the impact of a product or service. “[Educators] need to look beyond the flash of marketing language and bold claims, and dig into the methodology,” Huh says.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2016

Every young person deserves a school that meets them where they are and helps them develop and reach big goals,” said Stacey Childress, CEO, NewSchools Venture Fund. Our goal is to attract and support the best entrepreneurs with great ideas for addressing gaps in the ELL tools that can help teachers meet their students’ needs.”.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The one Galt’s fourth-graders take comes from the CliftonStrengths Youth Explorer, a framework developed and sold by Gallup, the 82-year-old management consulting company best known for its public opinion polling. Seamons said her students said, “Oh man, she definitely, definitely was an ’Achiever.’ ”.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

We have a blended and personalized math program that meets the individual needs of students,” she tells EdSurge. Lisa Palmieri, Head of School at Holy Family Academy However, Palmieri makes clear that HFA isn’t just using data tools created by outside companies. loves the learning analytics available from Think Through Math program. “We

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Adam Welcome

MAY 22, 2016

Check it out, it is most DEFINITELY worth the read! Jessica is a 2016 NAESP/VINCI Digital Leader of Early Learning and an awesome person to connect with. Get your kids to start a blog ( Kidblog.org is a great place to start) and YouTube channel, that’s the digital resume of 2016 and a great way to showcase your skills!

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Social Media STEM Future Ready Elementary 61

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The number of Chinese students on F-1 visas in public K-12 rose from six students in 2006 to 1,008 students in 2016, according to the Student Exchange Visitor Program, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security. The number of Taiwanese students attending public K-12 schools on an F-1 visa rose from just four in 2006 to 29 in 2016.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Exactly how many schools are actively engaged in iZone projects is unclear: The NYCDOE press office disclosed that 50 schools abandoned the iZone’s iLearn program between 2015 and 2016 to develop their own blended and online learning materials or to use outside resources including Google Classroom, Schoology, or Canvas.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 22, 2019

By 2016, most schools and districts were in a buying mode, scooping up vast amounts of digital curriculum, but not always with the necessary tactical maps behind them, or a plan to administer cost negotiations with the thousands of publishers or a proper vetting of the purchased or custom home-built digital learning objects.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2017

He toggled his computer between a budget spreadsheet and his color-coded schedule, double-checking figures for an upcoming meeting with his supervisor at CNA Insurance. The success of those four students gave Garrett and her team the confidence to place the entire senior class into internships in 2016. He had work to do. I hated math.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

So unrelentingly are the cards stacked against them that only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016 , the last year for which the figure is available from the U.S. million, only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2018

It’s a typical day at GSoft, a technology company whose meteoric rise from its founding in 2006 has required a constant supply of workers — and the over-the-top amenities increasingly needed to recruit and keep them. We definitely are talking a lot about that,” said GSoft’s Pradon. Photo: Alex Tran for The Hechinger Report. “We

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As schools continue to focus on long-term improvement of their education, implementing a high-dosage tutoring program can provide them with the tools necessary to ensure students’ academic achievement by catching knowledge gaps early, meeting students where they are, and providing evidence-based intensive recovery. 29 Additionally, U.S.

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Fractus Learning

JULY 27, 2016

But if they can help someone to strive to be the best they can be as Bruce Wayne so often does, then they’re definitely worth a shot. If the game pieces meet on the board, the two engage in combat, and the winner gains a huge advantage. For most, the October 2016 release date can’t come soon enough. Batman Fluxx.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Google is working with a number of partners, including: WNET, PBS, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the American Museum of Natural History, the Planetary Society, David Attenborough with production company Alchemy VR and many of the Google Cultural Institute museum partners to create custom educational content that spans the universe.”.

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Google How To Classroom Guidelines 28

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

And they also have an influence when it comes to meeting with legislators and other individuals that make policies. Vicki: So… that’s a lot of meetings to have! How do you make time for meetings with these groups? How do you make time for meetings with these groups? So they have to see their connection to that.

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Meeting Secondary Groups Course 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

When the state legislature passed its privacy bill in summer 2016, a group of district technology leaders in the state convened to get a game plan. “We A sample addendum—in this case, it was used with the company Amplify—can be viewed here. It’s definitely a best practice to have somebody work to ensure privacy at that level.”

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Student Data Privacy Data Education Policies 144

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Secondary sessions are held in Zoom meeting rooms with a capacity of 300--if those rooms are full, you'll have to wait for the recording to watch. Top to Watch in 2016, and winner of the WTHI-TV Golden Apple Award. To make sure your computer or mobile is configured for Zoom, please visit zoom.us/test.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The company says it can help users meditate by offering real-time feedback on their brain state. Advertising for the device is tailored to adults, but researchers outside of the company want to know if the devices can help calm students down as well—and keep them out of the principal’s office. But the company would not share it.

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Classroom Student Data Privacy Company Data 112

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 9, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Kim Thomas @padamspam , 2016 Illinois Teacher of the Year. This is one of those that you definitely want to check the Shownotes to see what all Kim is doing. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Known as online program managers, these companies have been hired largely to connect universities with customers who want graduate degrees. Though the faculty teach the courses and the universities control admission standards and confer the graduates’ degrees, much of the work of building and managing the courses is done by the companies.

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Georgia Test Prep

OCTOBER 16, 2020

A study by edtech company Promethean found that only 5% of teachers feel like they’re receiving full training and support for edtech in their schools. A 2016 report found that students check their devices for “non-class purposes” 11.43 Biggest Issues Faced By Parents with Virtual Learning. Parents are unsupported with the tech.

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Learning Chromebook Exercises Study 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2020

They own The Wonderful Company, the $4.6 The company is also the world’s biggest processors of almonds and pistachios. Lynda Resnick, owner of The Wonderful Company on the charter schools she and her husband have opened in California’s Central Valley. It’s unusual for a single company to take on running a school.

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Company Report Course Study 88

The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2021

It definitely made for a pretty horrible year and a half,” Smith said about the impact of a policy he called “both stupid and shortsighted.” Desmond Wright-Glenn registered for the course at Wayne State University in 2016 but then learned that, after fees he hadn’t known about were added, his scholarship wouldn’t cover the full cost.

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