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JANUARY 15, 2021

A learning management system developed by one of the most high-profile, highly funded and overhyped K-12 education startups has found a new home. The company then rebranded to Altitude Learning, which continued to develop the technology, sell it to schools and provide implementation support.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. But as a point of reference: Google did not yet exist.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2023

And in the edtech world, normal meant more ed and less tech than in 2020 and 2021. Public and private edtech companies felt the pain of these poor results, announcing more than 8,000 layoffs in an industry that only employs about 100,000 people. Dozens more companies sold, or are currently for sale, at bargain-basement prices.

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MARCH 14, 2022

Over the last few months, biotech company Theranos has re-entered the conversation due to a slew of newsworthy happenings—the Elizabeth Holmes trial finally came to an end with four of 11 charges of fraud, and Hulu announced The Dropout’s debut while Apple Original Films’s Bad Blood is currently in production.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

Braced for the next wave of edtech? The most recent player to step into the edtech spotlight is India’s Byju’s. The privately held company, which has raised $2.7 billion to buy three education businesses (both in the U.S. The privately held company, which has raised $2.7 It will be big. As in global, corporate big.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2019

In China, the edtech industry appears to be immune to the whiplash that has hit venture investing across other sectors. Education investments showed modest growth in the first quarter of 2019, even as venture investing in China in all other sectors dropped sharply. billion (RMB 12.51 See full-size image. See full-size image.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2020

In the middle of the abrupt changes to the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year, edtech companies offered resources and access to help educators, students, and parents make the best of at-home learning. Here is insight from a select few of those edtech leaders.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2024

Those are vital questions for education technology innovators as they build ventures, secure funding and expand their impact. Catalyst @ Penn GSE, a global center for education innovation at the University of Pennsylvania, is passionate about supporting education entrepreneurs. billion in 2021. billion.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

The sudden shift gave leaders at DreamBox Learning, a math education company headquartered nearby, an early glimpse at the upheaval to come and an inkling that digital teaching tools would soon be in high demand around the country. That strained the company, but it also notched DreamBox record levels of renewals.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

Artificial Intelligence, Authentic Impact: How Educational AI is Making the Grade. Tue, 08/27/2019 - 11:25. Schools are following suit: Technavio’s “ Artificial Intelligence Market in the US Education Sector 2018-2022 ” report predicts a nearly 48 percent growth rate for AI tools over the next three years. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2020

It’s often said that education is counter-cyclical to the market, especially during times of economic downturns. But not all sectors of the market follow that rule, says Jeff Silber, a managing director at BMO Capital Markets who follows the education industry. The company reported cash and cash equivalent of $151.5

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2019

CoSN 2019: To Scale Up Learning Innovations, Break Down Silos. Organizational silos are just as detrimental in K–12 education as they are in companies. Be sure to check out more of our coverage from CoSN 2019 to get a better sense of how leaders are discussing the future of ed-tech. Tue, 04/02/2019 - 16:04.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

TCEA 2019: As Ed Tech Expands, So Do Privacy Concerns. Wed, 02/06/2019 - 16:40. Educators and IT leaders gathered on Wednesday to talk about privacy in education — or, as Sheryl Abshire put it, “the things that keep you up at night.” What’s the state of privacy in education today? eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2019

If you go to the “About Us” page on most websites of education technology companies, you will see many white faces, quite a few female ones and a good scattering of South Asian and East Asian staff. This is an education technology problem. Our mission was to make our company reflect the diversity of America. Why is that?

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

Four-and-a-half years after Amazon first released Alexa, its voice-activated virtual assistant, the technology is finding its footing in education. ACT shows off its new Alexa skill, which gives students access to test prep for subjects such as geometry and trigonometry, at ISTE 2019 in Philadelphia.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Edition” features 32 scenarios that educators both miss and don’t miss about classroom life before 2020. Mitch helps organizations succeed in the education market. Edchat Interactive shares best practices among educators through live online interactive events. Currently, this year’s “Remember When. Blog: [link].

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2018

3 Ways K-12 Schools Can Improve Their Cybersecurity in 2019. The education sector is the least secure of 17 industries studied this year, according to a new report released Thursday. 3 Points of Security Vulnerabilities in the Education Sector. 3 Points of Security Vulnerabilities in the Education Sector.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. And it turns out that online language learning is the fastest-growing market segment within the edtech industry. billion, making its total valuation more than $4.7

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

When it comes to the business of education, the teenage years of this century are going out with a bang. 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. US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

With billion-dollar fundraises on top of billion-dollar valuations , it’s no mystery that the education technology industry is attracting top dollars from investors. And as it turns out, edtech companies are attracting a premium from buyers as well. Much of the company’s growth has come through these channels.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2019

billion, 2019 offers some edtech investors hope that their bets could pay off. So far this year, the wheeling and dealing has clustered around higher education and workforce development, observes Kelly Fuller, a director at BMO Capital Markets who covers the education technology sector. Absolutely.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. It was where you went to get deals done,” recalls Catalano.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Over the past decade, the world’s largest educational assessment nonprofit has been testing the waters of education technology investments. ETS, short for Educational Testing Service, has set up a new investment arm to make more— and bigger—deals in this space. It’s looking to acquire some companies as well.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

With an investment fund, a conference and a constellation of advisory services, GSV may be the closest thing to an omnipresent brand in education investing. We think those markets have a lot of raw talent of entrepreneurs, and a rising middle class that makes for a strong underpinning” for education and economic growth.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

While the pandemic has disrupted education much more than any Silicon Valley fad, it has also accelerated the kinds of technology adoption that the industry has long pined for. As people are forced to learn from home, some online educational services are in greater demand than ever. But investors’ checkbooks remain open.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Each and every year, top-notch education technology found- hers are passed over by investors—to the detriment of an industry in need of disruption and new ideas. Consider Guild Education, an online education company led by Rachel Carlson and Brittany Stitch, which reached the highly coveted unicorn status in November 2019.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Education and cutting-edge technologies are core to the many programs at NYC Media Lab , where we lead university-corporate partnerships, communications and events. 5G technology and edge computing will reshape education with lightning speeds. What 5G will mean for the education space is still an an area of exploration.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

New York, NY — EdTech startup Pressto AI is thrilled to announce that Esther Wojcicki will be joining the leadership team as the Chief Academic Advisor. Wojcicki brings a plethora of experience to the role, ranging from journalist and educator to speaker and author. She is also the author of Moonshots in Education (2014). “We

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

In education, the shuttering of campuses and classrooms has been a windfall for purely digital companies—some of which are attracting plenty of private capital. Substitute teacher services company Swing Education is creating private homeschools. Here are some edtech pandemic pivots to watch.

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TeacherCast

JULY 1, 2019

Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. In this episode, we take a look back at the conference and share insights from both educators and edtech companies about what they see as the state of today's digital classrooms and what we can look forward to next year at ISTE 2020.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 30, 2019

Did you know that there are almost 100 education conferences every year? Whether you’re a teacher or an education entrepreneur, there is something for you. The SXSW EDU conference brings entrepreneurs and educators together. Read more about this conference at their site: ISTE 2019. SXSW EDU: March 4-7, Austin.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. If it sounds like a perfect setup for renewed privacy activity in 2019, that’s because it is. Here’s what we can expect: 1.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 18, 2019

Michael Cohen "The Tech Rabbi" and author of Education by Design From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Michael Cohen, aka the Tech Rabbi, and author of Education by Design talks about classroom design. Michael has three sessions at ISTE 2019. Information below.)

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TeacherCast

JUNE 19, 2019

Welcome to the TeacherCast Educational Network. Check out these great Educational Technology Companies at the ISTE 2019 Conference in Philadelphia PA! TeacherCast Educational Network. The post 6 Cutting Edge EdTech Companies to Keep An Eye Out For This Year at the ISTE Conference!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2019

The latest quarterly earnings for publicly traded education technology companies was especially rough for 2U , which revised its loss guidance for the year and stated that it expected enrollment challenges to its core business of running online graduate programs with universities. based company tumbling to historic lows. (It

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Fri, 12/06/2019 - 10:25. MORE FROM EDTECH : Check out how schools are training students to be the next batch of cybersecurity professionals. It’s no wonder that cyberattacks targeting the education sector in this year’s first quarter increased 50 percent over the previous quarter. . “I shailaja.neela….

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Fri, 09/06/2019 - 11:01. McKinsey & Company notes that Gen Z is composed of digital natives who prioritize unique identity and are rooted in the “search for the truth.” . MORE FROM EDTECH: See how education robotics companies are invigorating K–12 learning. How K–12 Classrooms Can Benefit from Robotics.

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