Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2020

To manage these tasks, the foundation contracted with a company called Kaleidoscope , a Minneapolis-based provider of a platform that connects companies, foundations and high-net-worth individuals offering scholarships and grants to students seeking financial aid. Dehn says he’s noticed some trends since launching the platform.

Khan Academy 88

Khan Academy Company Secondary Trends 88

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

EdTech 181

EdTech Company Training Guidelines 181

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

“Businesses today have to be more agile and have to be able to pivot—access to content needs to be very rapid,” says Lori Bradley, executive vice president for global talent management at PVH Corp, a publicly- traded fashion and apparel company with 35,000 employees. According to the Association for Talent Development, U.S.

Coursera 159

Coursera lynda.com Training MOOC 159

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

Education 218

Education Company E-rate Industry 218

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

By Deloitte’s most recent count , 37 percent of organizations have deployed AI solutions (up 270 percent from 2016) and a majority predict it will “substantially transform” their companies by 2023. Anaheim Union High School District wants to buck that trend. The shift may also mean transforming their workforce. “As

STEM 216

STEM Robotics Course Social Media 216

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

Company 115

Company Trends Meeting Study 115

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.

Khan Academy 167

Khan Academy Learning Meeting Company 167

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Working as an entrepreneur, executive, philanthropist and investor over the past few decades, at some of the very organizations Watters bemoans, I’ve had a unique vantage point for observing numerous successes, failures and—most importantly—long-term trends that make me optimistic about the next wave of education innovation.

Kaplan 164

Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 164

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 22, 2018

Google dropped from 74.94% in May 2016 to 69.97% in May 2018. While the little guys are showing only tiny percentages, this is a trend worth noting.). A product of the Swiss tech company, Hulbee AG, Swisscows is proud of its heritage. Here are some privacy-friendly options: 1. Swisscows may be my favorite recent discovery.

Meeting 46

Meeting Libraries Trends Social Media 46

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

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.)

EdTech 133

EdTech Edmentum Industry Company 133

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.

Company 59

Company Assessment Software Differentiated Instruction 59

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 18, 2016

13, 2016, in Los Angeles. The sweepstakes grand prize included a $50,000 scholarship and a trip to Los Angeles with a guest to meet Katy Perry. I like to work with companies who support teachers. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to edit and post it.

Classroom 150

Classroom Company Twitter Meeting 150

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.

Education 102

Education Company EdTech Robotics 102

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. Differentiated instruction and Response to Intervention (RTI) share a common goal: modifying instruction until it meets the needs of all learners.

CMS 69

CMS SchoolDude E-rate Differentiated Instruction 69

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In October, we will share a guide highlighting the trends, insights and challenges we've learned about while profiling five key players in the world of school redesign. The company got its start in late 2010, spurred by founder Anthony Kim’s work with KIPP Empower , an elementary charter school in Los Angeles. Stay tuned!

Education Elements 60

Education Elements Personalized Learning Education Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Guenther and her husband, Jacob, are emblematic of a trend underway in the small town of Onalaska. The school is located on Carlisle Avenue, named after William Carlisle, the co-founder of the long-shuttered timber company that established this town. That’s what you want for your kids.”. Census data. The median age declined from 36.6

Company 111

Company Report Trends Study 111

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.

Elementary 146

Elementary Assessment Study Instructional Materials 146

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Credit: Tina Russell for The Hechinger Report Cory Orr’s accelerated training program meets seven hours a day, four days a week; it will take him 22 weeks instead of the usual two years to earn the certifications he needs to become an industrial maintenance technician.

Training 137

Training Industry Report Company 137

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

In October, we will share a guide highlighting the trends, insights and challenges we've learned about while profiling five key players in the world of school redesign. For the large scale systemic work, the company typically takes a cohort of schools through a variety of workshops to support redesign on a larger scale. Stay tuned! -

Groups 60

Groups Blended Learning Personalized Learning Company 60

100mentors

JANUARY 23, 2018

What organizations and individuals need is competence, which requires the abilities and skills to apply knowledge to accomplish tasks and solve problems” ( Toikkanen, 2016 ). If companies don’t even ask for test scores & GPAs from candidates anymore, then why is our whole education system measured by the success in examinations still?

How To 60

How To Education Company Assessment 60

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

When administrators in Ohio’s Mentor Public Schools were buying MacBooks during the 2015-16 school year, the local Best Buy was offering a lower price than Apple, even after the company’s standard discount for school districts. When buying specific software, administrators may have to purchase directly from one company.

iPad 82

iPad Broadband Software Company 82

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.

OER 170

OER Software Company Twitter 170

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

In meetings with his academic adviser during the second semester of his freshman year, Robinson said he learned that though his GPA was solid, the school’s computer algorithm saw trouble. The idea is to find trends and patterns in huge amounts of historical data and use those patterns to predict the future.

Data 108

Data Dropout Company Report 108

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

A 2016 study by the American Institutes for Research noted that about a third of Chicago’s public high school students fail one or both semesters of algebra I. Algebra I is the air you breathe to be in STEM,” said Nathan Levenson, a former CEO of a crane-manufacturing company and later a school superintendent in Massachusetts.

STEM 128

STEM Report Course Study 128

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. KIPP Morial, a school in New Orleans East, exemplifies how the personalized learning trend rolled out in charters across the Crescent City. DeVonté Trask, 11.

Personalized Learning 100

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 100

eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2015

note : This year the editors selected ten stories we believe either highlighted an important issue in 2015 and/or signaled the beginning of an escalating trend or issue for 2016 (look for No. As an educator, how do you know who to trust when it comes to meeting your district’s technology needs?

LMS 40

LMS Trends Software Company 40

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.

Survey 40

Survey Learning OER BYOD 40

edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

It was critical that school districts “get a handle on” digital tools and subscriptions in an attempt to streamline and create efficiencies in their districts that can lead to measurable improvements and learning outcomes while balancing student privacy and meeting annual budget. Data Analytics.

Data 45

Data Student Data Privacy EdTech Software 45

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).

Exercises 106

Exercises Elementary Report Study 106

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

“We have a blended and personalized math program that meets the individual needs of students,” she tells EdSurge. Students use the app in advisory class, and we check it out weekly to see any patterns trends.". Students use the app in advisory class, and we check it out weekly to see any patterns trends,” she says. “I

Data 60

Data Classroom Education Assessment 60

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Along the way, the company has added features for teachers to manage several classes and invite collaborators, as well as adding the API for administrators and developers to integrate Classroom with outside applications. So far we’ve been laser-focused on the needs of teachers,” he says. “I

System 60

System Google Schoology LMS 60

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Jena Draper is the founder and general manager at CatchOn, a company designed to support teaching and learning through the smarter use of data and technology. In 2016, she created CatchOn to help districts meet and adapt to changing instructional needs and trends through the use of real-time data and cutting-edge technology.

Data 41

Data Accessibility Student Data Privacy Libraries 41

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. As a condition of her financial aid from the province, she is required to remain in Quebec for three years after graduating.

Industry 67

Industry Report Study Survey 67

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.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

By 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some kind of post-secondary education, and now only 45 percent of the state’s young adults meet that criterion. If Bowie can buck this trend and be successful, he’d not only be helping out his family but the state. In 2016 it was 79 percent.

Dropout 90

Dropout Study Report System 90

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. From 2014-15 to 2016-17, the percentage of the district’s students meeting or exceeding standards rose from 37 to 43.1

Learning 87

Learning Elementary Report Personalized Learning 87

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2017

In just over a decade, 20 independent education companies have raised more than $2.7 Collectively, 116 directors serve on the boards of these privately-held companies. As much as one-third of edtech companies started during that time have a female CEO or founder. See our full list of companies and board members here. .

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Company EdTech Industry Trends 244