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Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘Adversarial Narrative’ With Public School Teachers

Edsurge

From bigwig financiers to bankers, along with heads of private and publicly-traded education technology companies, the gathering attracted around 900 attendees last week to share the opportunities and challenges in the industry this year. Based Education Technology Companies (2011-2016). billion in venture funding.)

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Teacher shortages force districts to use online education programs

The Hechinger Report

During the 2016-17 school year, 71 schools in the state used online learning platforms, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. The upside of using a company like Edgenuity is that it takes teachers time to build those resources. The school district contracts with Edmentum, which is similar to Edgenuity.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last.

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