eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

“Distance learning has placed enormous pressure on both students and teachers and this is especially true of those in underrepresented communities who often lack access to sufficient support systems and resources,” said Rose Stuckey Kirk, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, Verizon. billion in 2019.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2023

At the same time, McKinsey & Company estimates that automation and artificial intelligence will displace between 400 and 800 million jobs globally by 2030. School system transformation requires a strong focus on strategic recruiting, hiring, promoting and retaining staff who believe in the district’s vision and mission.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

Among other things, the boosters who pitched international companies to come and do business in this port city promised that its high quality of education would guarantee a steady supply of skilled employees. Their goal: for 75,000 Mobile residents to earn new degrees by 2030. Photo: Fred Salinas for The Hechinger Report. MOBILE, Ala.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce. Our higher education system formed around libraries. Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge. Distance reduction allow companies to compete worldwide.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

These efforts are two of the 15 recommendations in a project called the Moon Shot for Equity, a plan that seeks to eliminate college graduation equity gaps by 2030. The Moon Shot program is specifically designed to close gaps for Black, Latino, Native American, first generation and other historically underserved students by 2030.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2022

Riverside is a portfolio company of Alpine Investors , a people-driven private equity firm. Based on the CASEL TM framework, the DESSA assessment system provides an in-depth, comprehensive view of student social and emotional skills and is entirely strength-based. Riverside and Aperture have very similar company cultures.

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Education Assessment Company Industry 59

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. This in turn helped the Chilean edtech ecosystem by helping edtech companies scale and subsequently invest in smaller markets. “In Extending access to education technology beyond schools is also key. says the report.

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Technology EdTech Education Mobility 148

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2021

The company, which specializes in commercial buildings, offers enviable benefits — employee stock ownership, in-house training, paid time off, sick days, a 401(k), health insurance that includes dental and vision and, in some cases, a $1,000 signing bonus. It is, however, short of workers. So are many others.

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Industry Training Report Company 144

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The Roux Institute opened last year in borrowed space in this tech company building on the Portland, Maine, waterfront to teach computer science and other subjects. Demand for workers in solar is expected to nearly double by 2030, according to an industry census. Everybody agrees that our higher education system is broken.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2019

One of the events we attended was a two-day conference about artificial intelligence in education organized by a company called Squirrel AI. The company’s co-founder, Derek Li, said during a keynote that replacing some teaching functions with AI-powered software would supercharge the country’s education system.

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Classroom Robotics Company Training 139

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2019

If it seems baffling that companies with no revenue can raise money from private investors ( ahem , as some edtech startups did in the early 2010’s), then EdTechX Holdings might just sound outright crazy at first. EdTechX Holdings is a “special purpose acquisition company,” or SPAC for short.

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EdTech Company Industry Training 84

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

It is why only wealthy countries can afford to bring AI into their systems, which can potentially widen the gap between richer and poorer countries. Students can learn about the universe and solar system using a virtual reality set. Out of nearly 50 companies, the top five were Chinese companies.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

My bet is that by 2040, our children will look back on this period between 2015 and 2030 in education technology much the same way internet historians look to the period 1995 to 2010 as the birth of the commercial web. Working closely with partners, I spent the years from 1993 to 2004 starting and leading a handful of technology startups.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 163

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Buoyed by unemployment benefits, Shareef enrolled, and four months later, he started work as a junior web developer for a retail company in his hometown of Cincinnati. Meanwhile, the K-12 education system tends to focus on graduating people with general skills rather than steering them toward specific jobs. Credit: Project Quest.

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Training Policies Groups System 139

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Joe: Well, I’m excited, because I look out at the world, and we have – UNESCO says, by 2030, we have a teacher shortage of 25.8 We live right now in a world that the educational systems are very rigid. At least here in the United States, and a lot of school systems around the country. It’s just this system development over time.

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Company Classroom System Training 196

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2018

Since then, I’ve built award-winning educational CD-ROMs, led the development of formative assessment, curriculum management, and student data systems like Schoolnet and Powerschool, and most recently, managed strategy for Pearson’s $6 billion global product portfolio as its chief product strategy officer. Which brings me to.

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Education Trends Software Pearson 118

EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

She has aligned her recent work with the Sustainable Development Goals produced by the United Nations in 2015 (as an agenda for moving forward to 2030). An early adopter of iPads Jennifer remains dedicated to using technology in schools for a social purpose. Wagner earned a Ph.D.

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Education Social Media EdTech Advocacy 71

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 27, 2023

In her job, she helps libraries, companies and organizations strategize programs, services and strategies in areas related to these topics and many others. Recently at ALA: Chair, Status of Women in Librarianship and Chair, ALA United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Task Force developing a multi-year strategic plan for ALA.

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Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 70

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2023

In her job, she helps libraries, companies and organizations strategize programs, services and strategies in areas related to these topics and many others. Recently at ALA: Chair, Status of Women in Librarianship and Chair, ALA United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Task Force developing a multi-year strategic plan for ALA.

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Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 68

Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 5, 2016

Implicitly they don’t see academia responding efficiently to these challenges; explicitly they expect business to start opening more of its own campuses, with “companies creating their own de facto degrees.” Again, academia can face new, external competition. Note that the 2015 Horizon Report anticipated this.

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Education Report Company Analysis 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2021

Unfortunately, it was on the back of the education system breaking down, especially at the K-12 level,” says Ebony Pope, a principal at Rethink Education, an education technology investment firm. companies reached a record $130 billion in 2020 , or up 14 percent from 2019. edtech companies selling their services directly to consumers.

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EdTech Coursera Company Industry 204

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. By 2012 – yes, thanks to its hardware business – Apple’s stock had risen to the point that the company was worth a record-breaking $624 billion. John Logie Baird demonstrated a working television system in 1926.

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Trends Report iPhone Software 40

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Joe: Well, I’m excited, because I look out at the world, and we have – UNESCO says, by 2030, we have a teacher shortage of 25.8 We live right now in a world that the educational systems are very rigid. At least here in the United States, and a lot of school systems around the country. It’s just this system development over time.

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Classroom System Company Training 176

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

billion population is under 25, will need some three million new primary school teachers by 2030. billion population is under 25, will need three million new primary school teachers by 2030. “I Progress is desperately needed: The UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimates that India, where half of the 1.2

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Blended Learning Learning Tablets Training 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

Only a quarter of recent grads in another survey, by the educational publishing and technology company Cengage, said that, if they could do it again, they’d take the same educational path. There’s anti-elitism, anti-institutionalism, a perception that cost is out of control,” said Marken.

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Education Survey Report Trends 143

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Lara’s classmate Amber Phoumyvong, 17, shares his desire to escape from Lowell, but not his academic drive — a principal challenge to an education system trying to support a revitalization for places like Lowell. Six months before she graduates, she is not about to hide her feelings: She hates school. Elementary school: hated it,” Amber says.

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E-rate Industry Report Survey 98

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The Student Privacy Pledge, a collaboration between FPF and SIIA, is a code of conduct for edtech companies aimed at raising awareness and encouraging clear articulation of privacy policies. She notes that companies like ClassDojo are leading the way with a plain-English “translation” of their privacy policy formatted in a Q&A format.

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EdTech Learning Social Media Digital Citizenship 47

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? ” Via The Verge : “ Duolingo overhauled its fluency system to make it harder for advanced users.” The company sells a tablet for use in prison. ” asks Edsurge. ” asks Edsurge. ” asks Edsurge.

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Education Facebook Edmodo Pearson 44

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Then she was summoned to the financial aid office, where she learned that the university, part of the California State University System, was giving her a grant of up to $1,500 to help her get across the finish line. “I She considered quitting, or transferring to a community college. I walked out of the office crying. The upshot?

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Education Policies Course System 97

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Since July 2017, I have served as Head of School at Gimnasio Los Caobos, a project-based school in Bogota, Colombia, a nearly post-conflict region with a largely traditional educational system where, among other things, university entrance is based solely on national exam scores. Dr. Beate W. We also operate in Nepal.

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Compare that to the public university system in Illinois, which has cut its higher education budget so deeply that Moody’s downgraded seven universities, including five to junk bond status. That spending, in turn, produces more than 2,600 patents and 400 companies a year, according to the National Science Board.

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Industry Trends System STEM 84

Hack Education

MAY 11, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Federal task force releases ”roadmap“ for alternative federal system for apprenticeships , with calls for more industry involvement and criticism of higher education. But questions remain about how the new system would work.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The U.S.

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Education Company Robotics Report 42

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

opens door for student loan companies to ignore state authority.” This isn’t really financial aid per se, but it’s part of the larger suite of financial products that schools (and the companies they partner with) push. ” Via Wired : “Tech Companies Try to Retrain the Workers They’re Displacing.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

officials approve new rating system.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ U of Maryland University College pursues a strategy of spinning off units into stand-alone companies, seeking financial gain for itself and affordable tuition rates for its students.” The robotics company has raised $36.03 ” Bye, Mercator.

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Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Frank Brogan, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State University System from 2013 until retiring this year, has joined the Department of Education in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development – likely ahead of a nomination to a separate position.” More via Politico. IP concerns.

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Edsurge profiles the latest from Degreed : “This Company Wants to Help You Hire for Skills, Not Credentials.” ” ( No disclosure that Edsurge shares investors with the company.). And there’s more on how schools and companies violate athletes’ privacy in the data and privacy section below.

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Education Company Data Report 47