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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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Called Aero , the platform has been in the works since 2017. In its statement, the publisher said Smart Sparrow’s technology will support its capabilities in adaptive learning and add more interactive and immersive features for its digital books. Pearson officials did not respond in time for the story.

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?Places to Go, Mountains to Climb for Edtech in 2017

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Oh, The Places You'll Go" is one of the most popular books by Dr. Seuss. Where do you hope education technology will go in 2017? Seuss by Isabelle Hau, Omidyar Network 2017 should be another big year for edtech Six big trends we expect. 2017 will see more rapid prototyping Faster, cheaper impact testing.

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TCC Takes Z-Degrees to the Next Level With Adaptive Learning

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TCC partnered with Lumen Learning in 2013 to develop open educational resource (OER) courses and degree programs with the use of the Candela platform. According to the College Board, students who attend two-year colleges spend an average of almost $1400 a year on books and supplies.

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Guest post: Using EdTech and AI to reduce social inequality

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An article on the newspaper “The Independent” in 2017 claims that the gap between the number of students from private and public schools to reach university has never been larger. Using EdTech has big advantages in relation to regular books. The first one is that the content can be presented in varied formats.

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This Math Program Helped Students Blow State Test Scores Out of the Water

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Some highlights: Fourth graders at Salt Creek improved their CAASPP scores by 137% of the state average in the 2016/2017 school year—their first year using the platform—and by 172% the following year. Fourth grade ELLs at both schools grew their CAASPP scores by 252% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year. Source: Levered.

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This Math Program Helped Students Blow State Test Scores Out of the Water

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Some highlights: Fourth graders at Salt Creek improved their CAASPP scores by 137% of the state average in the 2016/2017 school year—their first year using the platform—and by 172% the following year. Fourth grade ELLs at both schools grew their CAASPP scores by 252% of the state average in the 2017/2018 school year. Source: Levered.

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Knewton Was Acquired For Less Than $17M, and Former CEO Brian Kibby Has Left

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For most of its years as a startup, Knewton focused on building adaptive learning technologies that it would license to publishers, before pivoting to sell its own courseware in late 2017. Brian Kibby, who took over from Knewton founder Jose Ferreira as CEO in July 2017, has also moved on.

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