Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 31, 2017

As a result, 35 million more students have been connected to digital learning and educational opportunity. We have connected significantly more schools to the broadband they need for digital learning than was expected prior to E-rate modernization. With E-rate, we can close the school connectivity gap by 2020.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

“This milestone and the timing are where we wanted to be when we launched Brighteye in 2017,” says Benoit Wirz, a partner at Brighteye Ventures. “It Source: Brighteye Ventures: “ The European EdTech Funding Report 2020.” Others are building language-learning apps and toys that teach kids STEM concepts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

She served on the leadership team for the EdTech Coaches Network of ISTE from 2015-2020, was a Future Ready Schools Instructional Coaches Thought Leader from 2017-2020, is a cohost of the Restart Recharge Podcast for coaches, and is a Google Certified Innovator, Coach, and Trainer. Lumio sponsored this episode. Who is Dr.

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eSchool News

MARCH 3, 2022

Silver Spring, MD (Thursday, March 3, 2022) — Discovery Education and leading social impact partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to support Women’s History Month observances nationwide.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Since EducationSuperHighway began, creating digital learning opportunities for all children has motivated us to ensure that digital equity is a nationwide reality in our education system. According to 2017 data from the Federal Communications Commission: 2 million students and 2.6 Why Digital Equity Matters.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

31, 2020 , and the platform will likely shutter before then, says Ben-Naim, who adds that he and a small staff will help customers transition and move their content to another platform. On its website , the company claims it has more than 700 institutional customers across the K-12, higher education and corporate learning space.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Kahoot , an Oslo-based developer of a digital quiz tool popular with teachers, just started making money this year. In 2017, Kahoot joined the Disney Accelerator , a program run by the venture capital arm of the media juggernaut. million 2020 and $53.2 That’s the math behind its $2.1 million revenue forecast this year.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

It is back to school time 2020 for many of us in the United States and beyond. Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. Perhaps a digital learning journal could be employed to promote reflection. Thanks so much.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

and Pearson, reports the Snapshot 2020 annual report from the Digital Learning Collaborative. Department of Education’s 2017 National Education Technology Plan. (A A 2020 update is in the works; the government is soliciting public comments.) Enrollments in these schools have been growing about 6 percent per year.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 19, 2021

In a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , representatives from Desert Sands Unified School District, CA (the 2021 winner) and Santa Fe Public Schools, NM (the 2020 winner) presented their keys to success. Leadership. Dr. Veronica C. Dr. Ryan has a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

After seven years of coordinated efforts to improve internet access in schools, thereby laying the foundation for digital learning to take root and expand in U.S. In 2017, EducationSuperHighway’s annual “State of the States” report declared 94 percent of U.S. It’s the beginning of the end of the road for EducationSuperHighway.

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eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2019

A McKinsey & Company study from 2014 suggested that textbook rentals would cannibalize new-textbook sales by 2017, resulting in a reduction in new-book sales of 5 to 10 percent by 2020. Related: 10 findings about K-12 digital learning. Fast-forward to today.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The combined company expects to deliver about 150,000 kits in 2020. Loomer says the eScience acquisition talks began around 2017 but became serious this summer. The companies shared about 60 percent of their customers before the acquisition. Both were profitable and will remain profitable, Loomer says.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2021

It offers fewer courses than Coursera—in 2020, edX listed 3,090 courses and Coursera about 4,600. For Coursera, the goal has long been to go public, and in 2017 the company hired a CEO who had no background in education but had experience getting a financial tech company through an IPO.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

Students interacting with the FutureSmart Digital program. Images credit: EVERFI Lessons on The State of Financial Capability The FutureSmart Digital program has an ambitious goal of reaching 2 million students by 2020.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In 2017, a federal audit found that Western Governors University’s CBE program lacked faculty interaction, and classified it as a correspondence program rather than an online program. Questions have been raised about some forms of competency-based education.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2020

Even without a pandemic, Instructure faced a transformative 2020. The learning management system provider—best known for its Canvas product popular among colleges—is officially under private equity ownership. Another possibility is Scott Pulsipher, current president of Western Governors University.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

After months of research and a successful pilot, the district chose enVision to be that core mathematics curriculum because of its rigor, digital learning components, and engaging lessons. They needed a cohesive core math curriculum that they could roll out districtwide.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

All conversations start with why: Get all constituents involved from the beginning—even students and teachers—as to how the schools might adopt digital learning. She was a successful education leader in Virginia, and Texas before McGraw-Hill recruited her to lead their Urban Markets 2015-2017.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

On the one hand, China’s private education market is projected to grow 9 percent per year until 2020, reaching a value of $330 billion—an enticing market for many American entrepreneurs. From 2010 to 2017, the number of international schools almost doubled in China to answer the growing need.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The digital divide is showing real signs of narrowing—but there are still 6.5 Overall, more than 39 million students enjoy bandwidth speeds to support digital learning. The country’s schools are already two years ahead of connectivity benchmarks set by the FCC in 2014, which aimed to get every school connected by 2020.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In fall 2020, 61 percent of children in prekindergarten were classified as academically “at risk” and she has witnessed the impact a lack of readiness for kindergarten and beyond has on students. HCISD teachers quickly saw positive changes in how students were building math skills.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Faye Miller, University of Canberra/Human Constellation - Digital Research Consultancy How Online Tutoring Programs have Developed Global Citizens , Kasey Beck, President, Invictus Institute HOW TO COMBINE MEDIA ARTS AND EXCHANGES IN GLOBAL LEARNING. Bronwyn believes we live in a world where we should be learning together.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

The latest report formerly known as the Sloan Survey of Online Learning has been released. “ Digital Learning Compass : New report on distance education higher ed enrollments” by Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill. ” More pushback on the US News and World Report 2017 high school rankings.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The tool expands the capabilities of your LMS, allowing you to achieve a plug-and-play, future-ready digital learning ecosystem. Digital Publishing / February 13, 2020. 5 Ways Digital Publishers can Benefit from eBooks. Digital Publishing / June 7, 2018. Digital Publishing / June 15, 2017.

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