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Personalized Learning, Teachers Unleashed, and a Learning Analytics Partnership: The Story of Fresno Unified

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How does a fifth grader feel getting ready to do a live edtech demo at their local school board meeting? At last February’s Board meeting, 10-year old Ryan inspired the adults in the room to see how tech can be leveraged for learning in a whole new light. Three key elements tell the story of the PLI’s success.

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Otus - LMS, Data Management and Assessment Management, all in one easy-to-use product

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?Invasive or Informative? Educators Discuss Pros and Cons of Learning Analytics

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Technology staff at UC Berkeley said they didn’t know that was happening, though, since teachers were finding the tool on their own instead of a going through a university contract. So in 2016, after discovering that student data was being sold, the university (among others) decided it was time for things to change.

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Life After Merger: When Edtech Acquisitions Go Sour

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1, 2016, former UClass CEO Zak Ringelstein filed a lawsuit against Renaissance Learning, claiming that Renaissance had removed his management responsibilities, left him with essentially no role and is now denying him the stocks and severance payments he was promised. Jack Lynch, CEO of Renaissance Learning 1.

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9 Educational Technologies That are Most Exciting Right Now (2016-17 Update)

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As we Settle into Another new School Year, These Technologies are Poised to Make a Difference I find it fun this time of year to think about how things have evolved since we started the last school. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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ACT Bets Big on Analytics, Adaptive Learning With $7.5M Investment in Smart Sparrow

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In recent years, the nonprofit has invested in several education technology efforts around learning analytics and adaptive learning. Roorda plans for the two organizations to share their existing research in adaptive technologies to create more effective online educational tools. “If Its latest: a $7.5

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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

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/.