EdNews Daily

JANUARY 30, 2019

If you’re interested in the combination of education and innovation, here is a short list of five conferences you should check out in 2019 that bring all of these initiatives and leading educators together. Read more about this conference at their site: ISTE 2019. ASCD Empower19: March 16-19, Chicago.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 28, 2019

Record Date: Thursday, June 27, 2019) These three educators co-authored Don’t Ditch That Tech: Differentiated Instruction in a Digital World and talk about research, differentiation tools, and so much more from ISTE19. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. She holds an M.Ed. and a Ph.D.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2019

Congratulations for making it through the first quarter of 2019! BACK TO THE FUTURE: Weary of unwanted scrutiny, companies that once described themselves as the “Facebook of education” are now scrambling to disassociate themselves from the beleaguered social network. One company is responding with a new approach. Why stop there?

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2022

According to Common Sense, between 2015 and 2019, screen use among teenagers (ages 13 to 18) increased by 11 percent. Enter the pandemic, which led to canceled club meetings and sporting events, online learning and restricted socialization. TikTok wasn’t as big a platform in 2019, and it wasn’t even a thing in 2015.”

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Neo LMS

JUNE 24, 2021

Thankfully, we have technology that enables us to find a way that meets our specific preferences, and that enables us to be able to see and hear each other, engage in conversations, and learn together. Then, find a room to join in whenever it meets your schedule and make new connections and take away new ideas. PLNs and PLCs.

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MIND Research Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Here is a recap of important news, content, and resources coming out of MIND and our community for October 2019. We are excited to be part of this group of over 300 leading academic institutions, non-profits, foundations, companies, and government agencies. Additional Highlights: MIND Blog Rewind: September 2019.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 11:25. As noted by MIT Technology Review , the rapid development and uptake of AI solutions has created an environment where companies may “obfuscate and oversell” AI abilities even as organizations race to implement new solutions and keep up with the competition. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 23, 2023

Startup to IPO – Students help take a company from startup to Initial Public Offering (IPO) as students take the role of a consultant. Keys to Investing – First, students meet with a financial advisor to understand risk and reward. In our student’s future, “big data” means “big opportunities.” According to the U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I love their courses because they are flexible, with up to 6 months to complete, and you can receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or continuing education units that meet your state requirements. Chris and his wife, Heidi, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on July 25, 2022.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Meet Anthony Johnson: Teacher of the Year. At the center of our story: Bill Demirkapi, who managed to bust into two key student information systems at his high school, and then tried to get the edtech companies to fix their software—with mixed results. Here's the count-down of the most-listened-to episodes of the year. Rebel ‘Mayor.’

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Neo LMS

JUNE 18, 2019

ISTE 2019 is fast approaching, and as enthusiasm levels rise, so does the pressure to see it all and do it all. ISTE is the perfect opportunity to meet new teachers and expand your professional learning network. You can organize a meeting or send a presentation with the most relevant things that you have learned.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 8, 2019

Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) August 6, 2019 Sherry St. Coaching schools to best meet the needs of all students is Sherry’s passion. was released in June of 2019. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2024

This school year, at monthly meetings and during fall budget hearings, CTE advocates asked for a funding increase of at least $10 million from the Illinois State Board of Education. Skertich said companies are reaching out to his school district to see which students can work in the field after completing the two-year program. “We

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 8, 2019

Wed, 05/08/2019 - 10:57. The kids will say, ‘ We need to communicate better, let’s meet to talk about our strategy ,’” Tiffany Bui, faculty adviser for the Mission Viejo esports team, told EdTech. How K–12 Schools Can Start an Esports Program. eli.zimmerman_9856. They’ll talk about what went well, what didn’t go well.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2019

Fri, 08/23/2019 - 12:51. Sphero , one of the leading companies in K–12 classroom robotics, announced its acquisition of littleBits , inventor of the electronic building blocks for science, technology, engineering, art and math learning, on Friday, Aug. Sphero Announces Acquisition of LittleBits to Expand K–12 Robotics Tools.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Where Instructure planned to go with Bridge, its learning management system for corporate and enterprise customers, has been an open question for over a year, when the company was still publicly traded. Goldsmith is no longer CEO, and the Salt Lake City-based company is now privately owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2021

The mother I met on a May evening in 2019 at the Pittsburgh Youth Filmmakers premiere had never heard of the local student film program before that night. Many of those community partnerships were forged and expanded amid the COVID-19 crisis to meet the needs of learners and their families.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2023

All three were produced by for-profit companies that sell assessments to schools. These companies may have a business motive in sounding an alarm to sell more of their product, but the reports are produced by well-regarded education statisticians. Students of every age, on average, lagged behind where students had been in 2019.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In many places, meeting the needs of these families during the pandemic has only been possible through aggressive—and temporary—federal financial support. According to findings from the Food Research and Action Center, from 2019 to 2020 about 3 million more people in the U.S. And it makes a difference to their families as well.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2021

Some of it has already been invested in startups including Class Technologies, which is building an instructional video platform on Zoom; Guild Education, which works with companies to provide educational opportunities to their employees; and Photomath, an app that shows students how to solve math problems, step by step, just by taking a picture.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

The company also uses a customizable assignments generator that it acquired, for an undisclosed amount, from a Bulgarian startup in 2019. Still, completion rates among people who have paid for a Coursera course hover around 50 percent, according to figures shared by the company. It’s a dance that Sourabh Bajaj is familiar with.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

employees working from home and interacting with colleagues and customers remotely at the peak of the pandemic, many companies began to invest in digital transformation initiatives to address gaps in cloud adoption and cybersecurity. Surveys suggest that employees stay longer at companies that offer formal training pathways.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2019

Lim believes that number will grow to a million users, across about 10,000 schools, by the end of 2019. Venture-backed companies tend to have a 7-10 year timeframe, after which investors typically push toward an acquisition or exit. TalkingPoints claims its messaging tools reached 300,000 parents and teachers last year.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It’s looking to acquire some companies as well. And it’s acquired three technology companies since its founding in 1947. Instead of writing small checks for early-stage companies, his team is looking to invest up to $15 million in more established ones raising Series B or subsequent rounds. Now, it is taking the plunge.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 20, 2019

If you aren't familiar with the ISTE Conference , it's the largest Educational Technology Conference in North America which brings together hundreds of presentations, workshops, and panel discussions and mixes it in with hundreds of todays top educational technology companies showcasing what is going to be hitting classrooms in the call.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

EdSurge Sessions In between hearty servings of Tex-Mex and meat, won’t you have time to stop by and meet? Where School Safety, Security, & Surveillance Meet Happy hour will have to wait, as we kick our sessions off with a sobering and important conversation that warrants your attention. Monday, March 4, 5 p.m.

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TeacherCast

JUNE 19, 2019

This year, I had the opportunity to work with so many great educational technology companies on the podcast and I'm excited to have the opportunity to walk the vendor floor and meet everyone to say THANK YOU for being a part of the TeacherCast podcasting family. I would love to meet you! Microsoft Education – Booth 2900.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Attending trade shows seems like an absolute must for educational publishers; the cost, personnel, and logistics can be obstacles for even the larger companies. Related content: 30+ new things we saw at ISTE 2019. But going shouldn’t be booth or bust, though.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Nine lawsuits filed in March, April and May against major textbook companies and retailers take aim at their bulk deals with colleges to offer online course materials, sometimes referred to as “inclusive access” programs. They have to force the students to stay in it to comply with agreements. In my mind it makes the opt-out option illusory.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Like last year , we’ve also added a selection of editor’s picks—our favorite stories, op-eds and investigations from the past year spotlighting how the education system is meeting a diverse array of challenges. What should the companies do? Happy New Year! Everyone Has Invisible Bias. This Lesson Shows Students How to Recognize It.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

Furthermore, he was the parody writer and voice of Burleson ISD's school year launch videos from 2016 to 2019. And so we have standing weekly meetings where we look at campus academic goals and we look at the principal's weekly commitments towards accomplishing that goal and have a collaborative system of accountability there.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

And earlier this month, the nonprofit announced that 13 education companies had become the first to earn the distinction. In early 2019, the staff incorporated what they had heard from educators and other stakeholders to create the criteria and competencies of the research-based design certification. The premise may sound simple.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2020

Tech jobs pay well, and companies that train people for them have been enjoying a payday. Lambda School raised $74 million in a Series C round led by Gigafund, a venture firm that’s cut big checks for Elon Musk’s SpaceX and The Boring Company. To date, the company has raised $122 million. He declined to share specific metrics.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Companies are so quick to get a product out to meet what’s current in education that they fail to develop the quality and depth they need. In spring 2019, Digital Promise developed a rubric and application to assess whether edtech products incorporated learning sciences research into product design. District Leader.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

But a recent investment from one of the biggest names in the entertainment business is valuing the company in the hundreds of millions. TechCrunch reports that the deal gives the company a $376 million valuation. That may seem like a lofty figure for a company expecting to make $2 million in revenue this year.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2019

On the other hand, there is a paucity of coverage about edtech companies that grow their businesses with little or no venture capital or outside investment. Bootstrapped companies rarely have “unicorn” potential and most aren’t nearly as sexy as their venture-backed counterparts. In a way, it makes sense. Below is our story.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2023

In the winter of 2019, a group of college faculty members, education consultants and government employees from the Department of Education and the National Security Agency were discussing how to address a talent gap in cybersecurity — there were more 300,000 job openings in the growing sector and no one qualified to fill them.

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