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

Edsurge

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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Khan Academy plunged into classrooms, then classrooms went online

The Hechinger Report

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. Sal Khan, founder of the nonprofit Khan Academy.

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Furthermore, in September 2020, UNICEF reported that 1 billion children worldwide aren't learning at all. UNICEF (2020, September 2020). The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Yes, you've seen Khan Academy, but have you.

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

Edsurge

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

Edsurge

It then compared annual growth from fall 2019 to fall 2020 to average annual fall-to-fall growth rates in previous years. But its comparison was both more constrained in time—comparing results of students who took assessments in fall 2019 and fall 2020—as well as more expansive in absolute numbers, citing “5.3

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

Edsurge

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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Tributes Pour in for Sir Ken Robinson, a ‘Source of Insight, Inspiration and Joy for Millions’

Edsurge

In a short statement to EdSurge, Khan Academy founder Sal Khan said, “Ken taught us all to look at education in a new, far more human light. RIP Sir Ken Robinson pic.twitter.com/NWtN1mI0Go — Michelle Kraft (@mnkraft) August 22, 2020. I was fortunate to be in the company of and hear this great man speak several times.