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Khan Academy plunged into classrooms, then classrooms went online

The Hechinger Report

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. It’s not like you can just drop the tool in and the flowers will bloom and the birds will chirp.”

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Expanding into Early Childhood Is Good for Edtech Companies. Is It Good for Kids?

Edsurge

The prospect of national universal preschool and affordable child care on the horizon—both of which will need curriculum and learning tools—certainly isn’t hurting, she adds. The nonprofit Khan Academy launched its own early learning app, called Khan Academy Kids, back in 2018. Can he join?”

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Illustrative Mathematics and Khan Academy Collaborate to Support Educators

techlearning

20, 2018 — Illustrative Mathematics (IM) today announced it has partnered with Khan Academy to provide free practice exercises tightly aligned to its highly-regarded curriculum, IM 6–8 Math. Educators can access the IM practice exercises on Khan Academy at [link]. “We Tucson, AZ – Sept.

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Long Live the '90s: ‘Edtech’ Crazes Every Teacher (and Student) Secretly Wishes Were Still Around

Edsurge

So we rounded up the most beloved edtech tools of the ‘90s for your scrolling pleasure, from early internet sensations to the hottest hardware you just had to have. 2017 Equivalent: Google Drive. 2017 Equivalent: We admit SMART Boards and Google’s competing Jamboards are cool. 2017 Equivalent: Don’t need one! Absolutely.

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When Teachers and Technology Let Students Be Masters of Their Own Learning

Edsurge

Here’s what Sal Khan, founder of CEO of Khan Academy, had to say. "Oh, Where do you hope education technology will go in 2017? In 2017, I hope we can collectively set even more students up for lifelong education by making mastery learning accessible to all students. Dartmouth College).

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EdSurge’s 2017 Year in Review: The Top 10 K-12 Stories, as Chosen by You

Edsurge

Here are EdSurge’s top stories of 2017 in chronological order—a healthy dose of optimism and skepticism, words of encouragement and caution for the year ahead. Tired Edtech Trends That Teachers Wish Would Retire: From the Floor of ISTE 2017 “I feel like everyone talks about blended learning, and no one really knows what it means.”

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?Learning Equality Scores $5M From Google To Bring Edtech Offline

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It’s the percentage of students around the whole who lack consistent internet connectivity—and access to many of the tools and online courseware that some have hailed as the solution to education gaps. We know digital tools and online materials have added a lot of value to students who have access to them.