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4 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2018

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From learning analytics tools providing students with instant feedback on their work to virtual reality facilitating field trips to faraway lands to 3D printers filling makerspaces, the classroom looks quite a bit different than it did just five years ago. Digital Citizenship Remains a Priority.

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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

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In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success. The first goal was to create an environmental scan of the digital learning environment in higher education with a focus on adaptive technology.

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

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Wiley had disclosed paying $56 million in cash for zyBooks, a digital courseware provider for STEM and computer science subjects. 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.

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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

Edsurge

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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Carnegie Learning Gets a Makeover After Private Equity Investment

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Private equity’s pursuit to acquire puzzle pieces to build comprehensive educational technology platforms shows no sign of slowing down. The latest move comes from CIP Capital , a New York City-based private equity firm that is investing an undisclosed sum in Carnegie Learning. We’re not trying to smash a bunch of things together.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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“Investors, particularly in China, are looking across the Pacific to check out innovative tools and models that they haven’t explored or implemented back home,” observes Victor Hu, Global Head of Education Technology and Services at Goldman Sachs’ investment banking division. Last year, at least 10 U.S.-based Funding Deals for U.S.

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