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Weld North Education Acquires LearnZillion in Its First K-12 Core Curriculum Deal

Edsurge

One of the most active acquirers of K-12 digital curriculum tools says it is opening a new chapter. Prior to this deal, Weld North’s tools were used by about seven million students across 20,000 schools. based company that sells core curricula. He declined to disclose the price of the transaction.

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When the bus is the schoolhouse

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. MANCHESTER, Ky.— Aleah Wolsey, 5, is one of those students. “We

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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

Edsurge

Opinionated Products : There’s a word for the kinds of tools and products—like say, Google search results—which adapt to a user’s behavior: opinionated. Attendees will also hear from other speakers including Heather Hiles (Deputy Dir Solutions for Postsecondary at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Bror Saxberg (CLO at Kaplan), and more.

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After Layoffs, Math Curriculum Developer Reasoning Mind Sells to Weld North Education

Edsurge

Multiple former Reasoning Mind employees however confirmed to EdSurge that the nonprofit underwent several rounds of layoffs throughout 2017, which affected several dozen staff. As the layoffs began in spring 2017, former employees say it became clear that finding a buyer was likely the best way to keep Reasoning Mind’s products alive.

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Edgenuity Acquires Compass Learning to Expand Online, Blended Learning Reach

Marketplace K-12

Besides the alignment of the two companies’ strategies and missions in delivering digital content, they also have similar approaches to implementation of their products, and in “making sure teachers know the computer is a tool—but only a tool—in student success,” she said. Company Exec.

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Curriculum includes 10 lessons for digital citizenship

eSchool News

With 35 percent of college admission officers already visiting applicant’s social media pages as of 2014 according to Kaplan, and this predicted to rise to over 50 percent by 2017 according to Social Assurity, Digital Citizenship education, specifically surrounding digital footprint, needs to be key for college readiness.

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Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

The Hechinger Report

Speeding this up has become a promotional tool. Higher education institutions nationwide added 55,416 new programs in the five years ending in 2017, the last period for which the federal government has figures. Even colleges that don’t guarantee jobs are scrambling to add subjects that connect with real-world demand.

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