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

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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. student and teaching assistant, began building his own homegrown adaptive tutoring technologies. higher education courseware business.

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US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

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For the first half of 2019, the industry saw $962 million raised across 65 deals, the highest amount of funding at the halfway mark since at least 2015. edtech companies in the first half of 2019. The first half of 2019 saw 123 deals of over $100 million. Our analysis for the first half of 2019 only looks at U.S.

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Top EdSurge Higher Education Stories of 2019

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Before we usher in a new decade and bid adieu to 2019, here’s a look back at the most popular EdSurge higher education stories of the year. The Varsity Blues admissions scandal made headlines here and elsewhere for months, and indeed, our story about the ringleader’s international intrigues registered as one of our most-read pieces of 2019.

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5 EdTech Trends Educators Need To Watch In 2019

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The adaptive learning paradigm that collects and learns from students’ data to improve teaching is a double-edged sword. While the education sector remains one of the most flexible industries when it comes to integrating technology, the concerns surrounding privacy and digital ethics are also a challenge.

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Deals and More Deals: The Top Edtech Business Stories of 2019

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Here’s a look at the biggest edtech business stories of 2019—the ones that captured the most attention, and the ones that should have your attention. Yes, stay tuned for our 2019 analysis.) We later learned that the education publisher paid less than $17 million —much less than the $180 million that Knewton had previously raised.

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K–12 Departments Work Collaboratively to Support New Pedagogies

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Tue, 03/12/2019 - 13:54. A 2017 Medium post from the Office of Educational Technology laments the lack of clarity about the term “personalized learning”: “The lack of a consistent definition and language for a relatively complex idea has hampered both understanding and effective ­implementation,” the article states. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Who is the Theranos of Education?

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Stanford professor emeritus and former public district superintendent Larry Cuban described in a 2019 blog the stark reality that AltSchool was “ spending $40 million a year and taking in $7 million in revenue … a recipe for financial disaster.” Yet, fast forward to 2022, and AltSchool no longer exists.

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