Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Rebecca Koenig (March 16, 2020) Administration and Leadership How is all this being negotiated with teachers unions? Rebecca Koenig (March 16, 2020) How will this affect teacher pay? There are efforts to collect and share offerings from companies that want to help impacted schools. Don’t Pitch Them Right Now.

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Company Social Media Policies Student Data Privacy 138

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 Reading to Address Learning Loss and Accelerate Learning: Insights from a 2020-21 Nationwide Study.” Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, is the structured literacy expert.

Differentiated Instruction 98

Differentiated Instruction Report Learning Company 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Being nerdy pays off, and soon there will be another education technology company on the public market. Nerdy, the parent company of Varsity Tutors , an online tutoring platform, will be acquired by TPG Pace Tech Opportunities, a special purpose acquisition company. In 2020, users logged over 4.7 Louis Post-Dispatch.

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lynda.com Company EdTech Industry 216

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

a leading assistive technology and special education curriculum company based outside of Chicago, IL. is the latest Assistive Technology provider to join the Texthelp Group. ’s leading SaaS-based products, the Texthelp Group will become the global leader in assistive technology tools for classrooms and workplaces.

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Groups Assistive Technology EdTech Company 98

Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

Across the massive, brightly colored expo hall at ISTE 2019 , the annual education technology conference where companies display and demo their latest gadgets, upgrades and software, several vendors showcased the new skills they have developed for Alexa-enabled devices. This device is sitting in millions of people’s homes,” he says. “So

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Company EdTech Game-Based Learning Learning 159

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

It’s challenging to cultivate a group dynamic conducive to leading through uncertainty. But it is possible, and such a group can be professionally energizing and yield incredible results. Beyond simply accomplishing our objective, however, we were surprised to discover how therapeutic this group became for those of us involved.

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Groups Resources EdTech Company 262

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

That kind of recruiting was a relatively new solution for IBM and other companies that generally require bachelor’s degrees for entry-level white-collar workers. It feels like we’re the kids of the company,” said Haruza, now 27. Bridget Gainer, Aon’s chief commercial officer, said the company is stronger for it.

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Company Training Industry Dropout 139

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

groups, including Owl Ventures and Rethink Education , raised new tranches of money in the past year; Reach Capital is currently raising its third fund. New groups have emerged, too, including Achieve Partners and two separate funds from Western Governors University. This is a good time for companies to build goodwill.

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Technology Education Company Industry 109

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

On the one hand, China’s private education market is projected to grow 9 percent per year until 2020, reaching a value of $330 billion—an enticing market for many American entrepreneurs. After a summer of market research and competitor analysis, the company eventually signed off on a collaboration with a Chinese partner, TAL Education.

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Company EdTech Tablets Edmodo 114

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2019

An open-access advocacy group on Wednesday sent a formal filing to the U.S. The group joins others who have spoken out against the merger, including a letter sent last month by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group on behalf of several student organizations.

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Advocacy Groups Pearson Education 97

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Some online tutoring companies have recently made changes to their platforms to better protect and promote students’ safety, especially as it pertains to online privacy, behavioral issues and parental discipline. Dozens of companies have since formed to offer a similar arrangement, fueled by well over a billion dollars in investment.

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Company Report Video Guidelines 89

Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2020

Here’s a forecast from several education officials along with my colleagues at Entangled Group, an education venture studio and consulting firm. Even if [companies] can make the hires, will those students be able to travel, and what kind of onboarding will be provided to new employees? What exactly will happen is hard to divine.

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Education Training Policies Secondary 181

Neo LMS

JULY 7, 2020

There are daily live-streamed courses being offered by Cosmourse, a London based company. Lessonface provides access to music instructors and students can choose between group classes or taking a live 1:1 lesson. Lessonface also has a Group Online (GO) class format that includes the group classes that are offered weekly.

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Course Social Media Exercises Groups 369

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It’s looking to acquire some companies as well. It’s invested alongside social-impact investment groups like Village Capital. And it’s acquired three technology companies since its founding in 1947. For acquisitions, it’s targeting companies making at least $20 million in revenue. Now, it is taking the plunge. In the U.S.,

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EdTech Company Industry Assessment 170

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.

LMS 144

LMS Moodle Blackboard Company 144

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

However, I'd like to note that if you create a group space as I did with my students, you're limited on the number of blocks you use to 1,000, which goes surprisingly fast.) Chris Chappotin has been serving as Assistant Superintendent for Boyd ISD in Boyd, TX since January 2020. Recently, my students wrote a website on Web 3.0

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

Furthermore, in September 2020, UNICEF reported that 1 billion children worldwide aren't learning at all. In the show, I talked about teacher Emily Hardeman (@ EmilyBHardeman ) sharing her story of kids loving the reading intervention group she's created for them. UNICEF (2020, September 2020). Look at the 5 steps.

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Khan Academy Secondary Conference Twitter 385

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Artwork submissions for this free youth art contest are accepted this year from November 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020. He travels across the country delivering keynotes, full-day workshops, and small group professional development to teachers and administrators.

Classroom 218

Classroom Guidelines Company Facebook 218

eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

BOSTON (October 1, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, has released its “Educator Perceptions of Teaching and Learning in Fall 2021,” a research brief exploring educators’ expectations for the 2021-2022 academic year. The focus groups also answered questions about student and teacher readiness.

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Report Differentiated Instruction Survey Education 98

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2022

Last week, for example, Lumen Learning, a company that sells low-cost OER textbooks and courseware, announced it received a $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2020, Lumen acquired Faculty Guild , a coaching company for instructors, now called Lumen Circles. How Is It Used In Classrooms?

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OER Course Company Report 152

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

The privately held company, which has raised $2.7 The privately held company, which has raised $2.7 alone; that means the company has at least another half billion dollars at the ready. Few companies have tackled the full range of learners since the days when Pearson was touted as the world’s largest learning company.

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EdTech Khan Academy Company Libraries 214

eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education , a global education technology company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and TPG’s The Rise Fund will retain minority stakes in the company. and TPG’s The Rise Fund will retain minority stakes in the company. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros.

Education 104

Education Adaptive Learning Learning Company 104

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2021

Joanna Smith, founder of an ed-tech company that helps schools curb chronic absenteeism, was thinking about how to pivot her company to provide services in a remote learning setting as many brick and mortar schools transitioned online last year. Subscribe today! Start from what is good teaching and learning,” Roschelle said.

Education 145

Education Company Robotics Report 145

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

In the months that followed, many states and school districts mobilized, using federal CARES Act funding, broadband discounts and partnerships with private companies to connect their students and enable online learning. As of December 2020, the number of students impacted by the digital divide has narrowed to 12 million.

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Digital Divide Broadband Report Accessibility 218

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2020

education technology company in 2020. To close out the week, another higher-education company secured a nine-figure fundraise. Previous investors Kleiner Perkins, SEEK Group, Learn Capital, SuRo Capital Corp, and G Squared also participated. based company an estimated $2.5 billion valuation.

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Coursera Course Company MOOC 149

eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

NEW YORK — Social-first media company, The News Movement (TNM) today announced a new partnership with EXPLR Media (EXPLR), an organization which produces and shares educational videos and curriculum for students in the US. The two companies will collaborate on developing educational news content aimed at grade 7-12 children.

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Classroom Video Libraries Company 128

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

DreamBox Learning’s products complement Discovery Education’s other digital solutions, which include Discovery Education Experience , the company’s award-winning K-12 platform, the Techbook series of digital textbooks, Mystery Science , and more, in supporting student achievement. to accelerate learning.

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Data Adaptive Learning Company Assessment 109

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Instead of company founders presenting to crowds at a venue in the San Francisco Bay Area, they provided one-slide presentations, a company description and biographies of employees for a Y Combinator website. Here’s a look at some of the education-related companies “presenting” among the 197 companies in YC’s winter 2020 batch.

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Company EdTech Training Study 157

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

We had recently implemented a re-rollout of small group guided reading instruction, but it was showing limited results. In the fall of 2020, we purchased unlimited licenses for all of our elementary schools and started implementing our first structured literacy program for students in kindergarten through fifth grade.

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Data Classroom Elementary Outcomes 116

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

Education 218

Education Company E-rate Industry 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

A report from Bella Research Group and the Knight Foundation found that “firms owned by women and minorities manage just 1.3 Our bet is that these companies will outperform because of their diversity.” And when companies with diverse founders are sold or go public, they return more capital than those led by white executives.

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Meeting EdTech Company Strategy 204

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

BOSTON – Lexia , a Cambium Learning Group brand , is celebrating its 40th anniversary as a leader in science of reading-based solutions. Since its founding in 1984, Lexia has grown from a small home-based business in Lincoln, Massachusetts, to a company with nearly 1,000 employees currently serving more than 6.8

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Company Professional Learning Assessment Groups 52

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Some companies and services became obsolete without the availability of face-to-face experiences. Outschool, a marketplace for small-group, live online classes for kids ages 3 to 18, certainly seems to have fallen into the camp of the latter. The company employed 25 people. Others found their footholds and took off.

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EdTech Company Course Student Engagement 184

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We were in the early innings of what I argued at that time was more of a supply-side-driven phenomenon: universities and companies were experimenting with new offerings, and the groundwork was being laid for a more digitally-oriented, shorter-form credentialing future.

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MOOC Coursera Trends Survey 201

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2022

Just because edtech companies work outside of the classroom doesn’t mean they can’t position themselves as a support system inside the classroom. These actions allow companies to say that they’ve listened to teachers, but they aren’t adequate for truly understanding what would make their products transformative for teachers.

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EdTech Education Company Facebook 156

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2021

Now, a pilot partnership among colleges, companies and the American Council on Education aims to help people pursue both paths. The Apprenticeship Pathways project takes apprenticeships—experiences that companies design that pay people wages to learn while they work—and translates them into free college credits.

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Training Digital Badges Company Software 172

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

But it has been actively expanding its portfolio, purchasing nearly a dozen edtech companies over the past five years. based company claims it serves more than 45 million students in more than 80 countries. Both companies are currently owned by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Across these products, the Folsom, Calif.-based

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Schoology Company Strategy System 161