eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

AI Is Changing the World: A Conversation on Education’s Future Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM US EDT In true grand finale fashion, #CoSN2024 will wrap up #CoSN2024 with a pair of industry heavyweights talking through what might be the most momentous point in edtech history. AI is not a negative, it’s a positive.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 17, 2022

Rachelle Dene Poth is an edtech consultant, presenter, attorney, author, and teacher. If you wish to see more content by Vicki Davis, you can find her on Facebook and Twitter under @coolcatteacher. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The bootstrapped, San Francisco-based company claimed it was profitable thanks to its free popular digital flashcards, for which users could pay an annual subscription to get additional features. Then in 2015, the company took a gamble: It raised $12 million for its first round of outside investment. websites, according to Quantcast.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

SplashLearn, the US-headquartered learning company began 2021 on a high note raising $18 million in Series C funding round led by Owl Ventures. San Francisco based Owl Ventures is the largest edtech sector-focused venture capital firm in the world. In 2020, more than 10 million new users joined the SplashLearn program.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2022

JRCS, which was recognized as a 2020 National Blue Ribbon School, seeks to determine the Bamboo Learning EDU solution’s impact on reading achievement, speaking fluency, vocabulary acquisition, and content knowledge-building among its economically and racially diverse student body. SEATTLE—March 7, 2022— Bamboo Learning, Inc.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2021

BOSTON ( July 12, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today announced the official rebrand of Rosetta Stone® English to Lexia® English Language Development (Lexia English). Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, is the structured literacy expert. About Lexia Learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Among them are companies directly reaching out to teachers and administrators, offering to help ease that transition. Chris Lehmann (@chrislehmann) March 16, 2020. Still, she appreciates the sentiment from company officials. “I We don’t need email clutter right now. We need to be responsive to our communities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. More than 80 percent of the edtech startups created in the past five years will not survive through 2020. The edtech industry made big strides during this era.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2022

EVERFI collected anonymous survey responses from students who participated in one of three EVERFI financial education courses during the 2020-2021 school year. In 2020, the company was recognized as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company and was featured on Fortune Magazine’s Impact 20 List.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

SplashLearn , one of the fastest-growing learning programs in the USA, has bagged many prestigious edtech awards such as the Stevie Award for best edtech product, Tabby Award for the best business and the Parents Choice Award, is also backed by prominent investors. Follow SplashLearn on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Another bootcamp has been gobbled up by an education technology company looking to break into the corporate learning and career readiness market. During the earnings call, K12 executives estimated about $50 million in revenue from Galvanize in 2020, putting the sales price at about 3.3 times that. million for the quarter ended Dec.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2019

Part of that shift has been due to regulatory changes like the upcoming California Consumer Privacy Act , which goes into effect in 2020, and the European privacy law known as GDPR, which has some institutions rethinking their approach to data collection, storage and privacy.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2020

Treasure Trunk Theatre’s professional performer contract workers have brought songs and games to Facebook Live. The company that’s helped Pupko go online is Sawyer, one of a number of startupsthat have emerged in recent years to connect parents with local child care providers and in-person educational programs for young children.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Every student, every class, every day, should have an excellent learning experience, which is what Jim’s company is all about. Teaching Learning Coaching Conference 2020. If not, listen as @jimknight99 explains why having strategies and then testing them is so important for #EdTech coaches. © Shake Up Learning 2020.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 31, 2020

Shoutout to all of the amazing educators in the Shake Up Learning Facebook group, helping each other, sharing ideas, and collaborating. This interview was recorded on March 19, 2020.). © Shake Up Learning 2020. #HomeLearning with Choice Boards During School Closures [interview with @SteinbrinkLaura] #remotelearning. But first….

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2020

The biggest venture funding round of 2020 so far for a U.S. This marks the first education investment for the San Francisco-based firm, whose portfolio includes many highly-valued technology companies and ones that went public, including Facebook, Slack and Spotify. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have done this transaction.”

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Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

As such, expect an abbreviated (TBD) publishing schedule for ‘A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News’ in August. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 30 Edition). This is an area where it would improve the job of edtech developers if we said, 'Here’s what you’re allowed to gather and share.'

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 9, 2020

In many school districts across the nation, decisions were made to close schools starting as early as Monday, March 16, 2020, for an indefinite amount of time. While there are internet companies that have stepped up to offer free wifi, we can’t assume that it will reach everyone we need it to. .

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 31, 2020

Shoutout to all of the amazing educators in the Shake Up Learning Facebook group, helping each other, sharing ideas, and collaborating. This interview was recorded on March 19, 2020.). © Shake Up Learning 2020. #HomeLearning with Choice Boards During School Closures [interview with @SteinbrinkLaura] #remotelearning. But first….

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

Last week, the “Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News” was on vacation, amongst the tall trees of the northwestern coast, and mostly off the grid. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2019

Any “spare” time I had (the time my friends used to advance their careers, take Yoga, connect on Facebook) I spent lesson planning, rereading literature and grading papers. In the edtech world, meeting this requirement is far more difficult than meeting the requirements of the return. Translation: never.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

If we've seen, I remember back in the summer of 2020, when Bitmoji Classrooms were starting to become a thing, and there were all these kindergarten and first-grade Bitmoji classrooms , and the “Welcome to Ms. Also, if you wish to see more content by Vicki Davis, you can find her on Facebook and Twitter under @coolcatteacher.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The company, which is based in Oakland, counts LinkedIn and PathSource among its competitors. They are a collection of all the documents the company has compiled on a single scientific concept. Forefront offers in-person trainings, ranging from teaching companies about implicit bias to helping them recruit better.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition). Maybe we're not afraid: on Edtech's inability to imagine the future | Long View on Education → So, what issues should edtech be talking about instead of scared teachers and content creators? This is ALSO true for edtech.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition). Maybe we're not afraid: on Edtech's inability to imagine the future | Long View on Education → So, what issues should edtech be talking about instead of scared teachers and content creators? This is ALSO true for edtech.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2017

This prompts a “ disclosure alert ” – a new feature I’m starting this year to call out the financial ties between ed-tech companies. Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Hires Campbell Brown to Lead News Partnerships Team.” Facebook’s contempt for public education continues. ”). .”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” ” The company has raised $16.5

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

” Oh sure sure, this isn’t exactly education technology news, except for the part where Khosla invests in education technology companies and his wife founded the open education organization CK–12. Via Buzzfeed : “ Teachers Unions Think 2020 Is When They Will Defeat The Charter School Democrats.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Via Education Week : “The founder and former CEO of an online public school that educates thousands of Pennsylvania students pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal tax fraud, acknowledging he siphoned more than $8 million from The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School through for-profit and nonprofit companies he controlled.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via eCampus News : “The 2 edtech fields with the most potential under Trump.” ” Via the BBC : “ Facebook Reports BBC to Police Over Investigation Into Child Sex Images.” ” More on this story and concerns about how Facebook moderates content via Techcrunch. ” Saved you a click.).

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

. “ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” ” ( No disclosure that Edsurge shares investors with the company.).

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