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

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Instead, the Norway-based company—which counts Disney as an investor —revealed a new suite of digital games, called Kahoot! It’s the latest example of an established K-12 education company moving into the early childhood space. It’s the latest example of an established K-12 education company moving into the early childhood space.

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The Next Wave of Edtech Will Be Very, Very Big — and Global

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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 alone; that means the company has at least another half billion dollars at the ready. We used to think about edtech globalization in one way—from the U.S.

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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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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Dozens of Venture-Backed Startups Among Edtech Recipients of PPP Loans

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Also feeling the ripple effect are the companies and organizations that provide tools and services to students and educators. Department of the Treasury released data on 660,000 companies and nonprofits that were approved for over $150,000 in PPP funding. In the end, very few companies applied.”

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Learning Loss Is Everywhere. But How Do the Reports Compare?

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As some schools reopen, edtech product use declines. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. It then compared annual growth from fall 2019 to fall 2020 to average annual fall-to-fall growth rates in previous years. schools who took NWEA’s MAP Growth in fall 2020, with a comparison of the results to fall 2019.

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The Beginner’s Guide to the Hour of Code

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Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that by the year 2020, there will be one million more computer science jobs than graduates prepared for these jobs. Khan Academy tutorial: Learn how to draw with code (Javascript and ProcessingJS). Khan Academy Curriculum. Computer science is a primary driver of the U.S.

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5 Ideas for Teaching Students the Most Important Skill They’ll Need

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The following are a few examples of learning resources that are available for ongoing education outside of high school and university: Certification Programs – Certification programs are typically training programs that are offered by tech companies or other organizations outside of traditional academia. More on education reform.