Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2018

In mid-September this year, Yogome , an educational startup founded in Mexico that also operates in San Francisco, held a multi-day bash of team meetings and parties for its all employees in Mexico City. John McIntire, who is chairman of Yogome’s board, is currently acting CEO of the company and overseeing the liquidation of assets.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Some new online courses like The Active Citizen in the Digital Age from Stanford University are already moving us in this direction, helping to foster informed civic participation following the 2016 election. We collaborated with Kiva , the microlending platform, to help them test out a process to evaluate loan applications.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

In education, the shuttering of campuses and classrooms has been a windfall for purely digital companies—some of which are attracting plenty of private capital. Substitute teacher services company Swing Education is creating private homeschools. Even before then, the company had already taken a big hit. “We

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 27, 2018

Pause a second and think about companies such as Uber and Airbnb. The site eMarketer found that 41% of students ages 0-11 and 84% ages 12-17 owned a smartphone in 2016. If you were to go back in time and pinpoint when disruption began to take off, I would wager that it correlates with the proliferation of the smartphone.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

However, BMO Capital Markets’ 17th Annual Back to School Conference is the kind of event your boss’s boss attends. According to the BMO Capital Markets Education Training Report, investments in education technology are projected to rebound after a sluggish 2016. Based Education Technology Companies (2011-2016).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

To date, the New York-based company has raised nearly $16 million. It’s why he and co-founder Daniel Friedman took a different route when starting their company in 2012: making Thinkful coding courses completely online. The events range from a lunchtime meeting on web development to info sessions on how to become a data scientist.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

That issue led to a class-action lawsuit and settlement involving General Assembly and two former instructors, who alleged that the New York City-based education company misclassified them as independent contractors. But it resurfaces disputes that have become increasingly commonplace among companies that rely on contract labor.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Thursday, September 20, 2018) – The National FFA Organization, Tractor Supply Company, and Discovery Education – the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms – are teaming up to host a new virtual field trip entitled Beyond the Sale: Careers That Deliver at 1:00 p.m.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The Indira Gandhi Stadium, India’s largest indoor arena with the capacity to seat about 20,000 people, played host to an event in 2013 much different than its usual lineup of concerts and badminton competitions. The company reported revenue of 14 billion rupees (about USD$196.89 million) this fiscal year. billion, per TechCrunch.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

Caffeinated founders paced the lobby in colorful T-shirts splattered with their company logos, polishing their pitches for their on-stage presentation and meetings with potential investors. But Y Combinator’s event this week also came with heavy machinery and special snacks. You won’t find those companies in this batch.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2017

Among those who graduated in the class of 2016, for example, the Economic Policy Institute found that the underemployment rate—when workers take on jobs lower than their skill sets or training—was 12.6 It turns out TalentWorks isn’t the first company to promise young job seekers a spot in the interview chair. percent, compared to 9.6

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2018

In November 2016, the school board approved a preference in the lottery for students who quality for free and reduced lunch, she added. At the event, Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz extolled “the public-private community partnership” between the company and the school as a way to “bring the best resources to our students.”

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

On September 21-23, 2016, Digital Promise and the U.S. Department of Education hosted the 2016 Education Innovation Clusters Convening (#EdClusters16) in Providence, R.I., Sean Duffy (@dearmrduffy) September 23, 2016. rdaley0001 (@rdaley98) September 22, 2016. Joseph South (@southjoseph) September 22, 2016.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

As numerous students joined the platform, and thousands of teachers came on board to meet this demand, the costs to facilitate the service were subsequently driven down to the point where 51Talk had an efficient and profitable business model. What were two top motivating factors behind starting the company?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The GEC features thought leaders from the world of education and beyond, is completely free to attend, and all events take place online in webinar format. Companies should contact Steve Hargadon at steve@hargadon.com for further details on opportunities to connect with our network.) Join this group if you are interested.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

The next best option, typically, is to be acquired by another company, in exchange for cash or stock options. million to buy the company from Permira Funds. They kept taking away my ability to do anything at the company.". They kept taking away my ability to do anything at the company,” Ringelstein alleges.

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

Note: The original version of this piece was published on July 7, 2016 by New America as part of an EdCentral series on the next social contract for education: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/next-social-contract-public-education-needs-new-terms-service/.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The district partners with more than 60 companies, adminstrators say, many in the Boulder-Longmont area. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

EdSurge will be hosting hundreds of local teachers and administrators, along with dozens of edtech companies from around the country, at our Summit on Dec. The event is free for all educators—sign up here! Want to learn more about Seattle’s burgeoning edtech scene? They might inadvertently expose sensitive data.

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2019

The annual tradition dates back to 2012, and features early-stage companies showing off the latest efforts to solve intractable problems across the education landscape. The company offers a suite of administrative software to help daycare providers execute a variety of tasks, from managing government subsidies to financial bookkeeping.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2017

But one company thinks it has figured it out, and it’s been rewarded with a few extra dollar signs to prove it. After hearing them out, they decided to develop the product in a way that could meet students where they’re at—on mobile devices. “To It’s a big question that most, if not all college administrators and faculty grapple with.

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2020

Klassroom, the Paris-based company that reinvents parent-teacher communication in pre-kindergarten and all elementary school grades, just raised a $3 million seed round led by Bpifrance and several angel investors including Jerome Lecat, CEO at Scality, and Andy Myers, President at Waterford.org and former executive at Renaissance Learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2018

She says if she was still using Facebook groups, she doesn’t think the recent news about the company would bother her. I was trying to be more aware of what I was allowing into my brain,” says Barclay, who graduated in 2016. It was difficult for her to say in the loop about fundraisers and meetings that her university would hold.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards. While some institutions have tried to punt responsibility for the accessibility of digital tools to the companies that produce them, that reasoning hasn’t persuaded federal agencies or judges.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Panel on at NYEdtech Week “Failure is a part of the innovation process and if you want teachers to be part of the process we have to recognize that there will be failures and missteps along the way,” says Vikas Gupta, CEO of Wonder Workshop during a panel on K-12 communication at the event. “I million in 2016. We want to contain it.”

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techlearning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The immersive virtual event will also introduce students to the science behind addiction and underscore the impact of the opioid epidemic in communities that have been hardest hit. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., ET/10:00 a.m.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2018

For one of the students Stout spoke to at the event, success may be as straightforward as “being able to make sure that she has the ability to get to class every day.” Rodrigues adds, the counselors are “pretty well connected” with companies that are hiring. Every student is coming and defining success differently,” says Stout.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Some families who meet the income requirements qualify for Head Start, a federally-funded preschool program for children living in poverty, but letting children attend means sending them on a long bus ride that could last over an hour, something many parents are unwilling to do.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In 2016, two books were published: The Reading Intervention Toolkit , by Shell Education and Read Talk Write: 35 Lessons That Teach Students to Analyze Fiction and Nonfiction , published by Corwin Literacy. And so we have groups that meet up three or four times a week for 15 to 20 minutes. So it's ongoing. They're all unique.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

I argue that rural states are where edtech companies, investors, and media outlets should be looking to to see truly innovative implementation of technology. 2016 Wyoming Google Summit. 2016 Wyoming Google Summit. But is there a place that these initiatives are taking hold more strongly than others?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

With a huge shortage of college graduates in data and computer science, tech companies are taking matters into their own hands and providing education directly to prospective tech workers. The event was new, too. Photo: Stuart Isett for The Washington Post via Getty Images. Lee Rubenstein, vice president of business development, edX.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

And potential students are taking campus tours, imagining themselves burning the midnight oil in the library and meeting their new roommate in dorms. CampusBird is a product of Concept3D, a location-based software and 3D services company based in Boulder, CO. He’s also created a series of map layers for specific events.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The event registration shortlink is: [link] As with other learning disabilities, a diagnosis is only the first step to getting children the help they need in school. Elliott’s company, TouchMath, introduced a screener earlier this year that can identify signs of math disabilities, like dyscalculia, in children as young as age 3.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

Our teammate and Events Director, Al Thomas , a former principal himself, ran the Education Leaders Network Playground, which featured 28 sessions for leaders by leaders, and one session in particular stood out when we talked about it… a session called Leading EdTech Initiatives for Social Good by Jennifer Williams , author of Teach Boldly.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2016

The Learning Counsel’s 2016 Digital Curriculum Strategy Survey and Assessment Tool is now available online. Without understanding the needs, interests, and objectives of our current state, we would not be able to provide the vision and resources that effectively meet the needs of our district. Transition barriers.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2019

I was concerned and afraid of what might happen to her, but you cannot cut their wings,” said Aranda, an operations manager for a talent supply chain company. And a handful of colleges and universities are designing outreach efforts for parents of first-generation students, and finding new ways to engage them in campus events. “It’s

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Graduation rates for first-time, full-time students more than tripled from 2008 to 2016. Before Perot built his fortune through his information-technology company, Electronic Data Systems, and long before he ran for president as a third-party candidate in 1992, Perot was a student at Texarkana College. But up until 2012, only 16.3

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