Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Instructure , the publicly traded company best known for its learning management systems (LMS) Canvas and Bridge, has agreed to acquire a fellow Salt Lake City-based education technology company, MasteryConnect , for $42.5 The company claims users in more than 14,000 U.S. Of that figure, about $12.3 million in Series C funding.

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LMS Assessment Company Comparison 117

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

Last December, following a Disney investment that valued the company at $376 million , the Oslo-based company made clear its intention to build a pipeline for acquisitions. The company has since expanded its collection of games to cover other math skills, from number sense to geometry proofs. The company also earned $1.9

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Company Academic Standards Industry Tablets 101

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

They live in a world where they are expected to uphold pre-pandemic academic standards, while managing widespread student disengagement, chronic mental health issues and increasingly dire societal issues spilling into the classroom. It wasn't going remote that made these companies succeed in the face of adversity.

Academic Standards 191

Academic Standards Policies Exercises Report 191

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. Founded in 2013, the company has raised $21.5 million in investment to date.

Resources 88

Resources Academic Standards OER Instructional Materials 88

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Designed by the MidSchoolMath curriculum company as one of several standards-aligned math game platforms , students in the program manage their own Renaissance-era shipping companies, traveling around the world to purchase and sell spices, negotiating trade and driving hard bargains all while navigating pirate-infested waters.

Learning 215

Learning Strategy Academic Standards Professional Learning 215

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

But when funding dries up and profits remain elusive, companies have to make tough cuts. Back in the driver’s seat is Mick Hewitt, who co-founded the company in 2009 and served as its first CEO. He adds: “As a venture-funded company, there’s been a decision to get to profitability in the next nine to 12 months.” billion in U.S.

EdTech 116

EdTech Company Academic Standards Industry 116

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms. . Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5

Academic Standards 72

Academic Standards Schoology Social Media Education 72

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2016

Online tutor or homework help companies even have their own website and own application for communication. Ask about the quality of the service of the company or the tutor they worked with. Next is to look at their company profile, and try to evaluate their teacher based on their information provided in their website.

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How To Company Digital Citizenship Academic Standards 150

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

The articulation of academic standards for students by elected and appointed public school officials is nothing less than an expression of community values and collective future vision for the country. Students should not have to trade their privacy in exchange for a free, high-quality public education.

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Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

Earlier this month in New York City, the AT&T Aspire Accelerator, AT&T’s program that finds, develops, and invests in promising edtech companies from around the world, hosted an afternoon of mock board meetings with its 2018 cohort. The same principle applies to edtech companies. Companies all want more eyeballs and users.

EdTech 92

EdTech Company Academic Standards Outcomes 92

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

And it’s scenarios like this that put pressure on edtech companies to make their tools more interoperable. Eight years ago, some of its customers requested that Empower support the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) , an open data interoperability standard that was then in vogue with K-12 schools and districts.

Data 114

Data LMS Company Education 114

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2018

Imagine is owned by Weld North Education, a private equity firm that has amassed a portfolio of more than 10 education technology companies over the years. curriculum market shifted towards purchasing materials aligned materials to Common Core and state academic standards, the organization began building new offerings based on these U.S.

Kaplan 68

Kaplan Common Core Education Academic Standards 68

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

Investments in teacher training programs when new state standards or social-emotional learning programs are rolled out are recent examples where statewide decisions shape local choices. In contrast, the American education system, despite efforts to centralize elements like academic standards, remains enormously fragmented.

Policies 122

Policies Trends Common Core Training 122

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Startups and established tech companies are providing a crash course in entrepreneurship, sending engineers and designers into public schools to mentor students. Working in the gig economy as a contractor with a ride-share company precludes the kinds of deep relationships that lead to professional advancement.

Company 107

Company Academic Standards Report Secondary 107

Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

Pearson, a global education company that counts assessments as less than 10 percent of its total revenues , will score about 1.8 The company offered a competitive price comparable to what Measurement, Inc. Then, the company was unable to produce enough paper copies quickly enough to meet the state’s demands.

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Pearson Common Core Assessment Academic Standards 75

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

“Transforming misery into agency” is among the visionary goals that co-founder Wisdom Amouzou has for The HadaNõu Collective , which currently operates centers in public high schools that “map authentic experiences to academic standards.”

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Education Social Media Groups Company 132

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

In the interest of helping other companies and school districts enable extraordinary teaching and learning at scale, we’ve highlighted the three main findings—and some solutions—that have come from these conversations: 1. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

EdTech 161

EdTech Academic Standards Social Media Technology 161

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

And career preparation here isn’t just a buzzword but more like a guiding principle: When the end-of-day bell sounds, some children transition from students to employees of the district, and earn $10 an hour for working on a variety of projects for local technology companies. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report.

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STEM Report Robotics Company 102

techlearning

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Illuminate Education’s SchoolCity products have earned IMS conformance certification to the latest versions of the following IMS Global standards: ? Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange ® (CASE) A framework for digitally transmitting learning standards, competencies, rubrics and the relationships among sets of learning standards. ?

Academic Standards 41

Academic Standards Learning Assessment Data 41

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 25, 2016

The digital resources in the Knovation repository—including videos, games, podcasts and articles—have been selected, evaluated, tagged and aligned to academic standards. “We can have a bigger impact through this partnership approach than singularly going to schools.”

OER 40

OER Education Company Academic Standards 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

As Assistant Secretary, she led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic standards. As an executive, Howard was the CEO of a public television operation and several television production companies, and a state government official. Department of Education.

Policies 36

Policies Academic Standards Company Assessment 36

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2014

As more than 900 entrepreneurs and educators converge in San Francisco this week, some will talk academic standards, literacy and charter schools. Participants can teach to student avatars in a virtual classroom, check out the Two Bit Circus or attend “Hour of Power,’’ sessions that promise to be “provocative, fun and interactive.”.

EdTech 82

EdTech Blendspace Hapara Educreations 82

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In 2018, Bruce Umpstead joined IMS Global to engage State Education Agencies (SEAs) in the important work of data interoperability and drive adoption of the CASE Network of Competencies & Academic Standards (CASE®). Join the Community.

Professional Learning 52

Professional Learning Data Future Ready Academic Standards 52

edWeb.net

MARCH 26, 2021

She is a contributor to state and local academic standards and teaching exemplars that help create high learning expectations and opportunities for all students. The company specializes in large-scale PD implementation programs focused on teachers using technology to improve teaching and learning.

Professional Learning 58

Professional Learning Academic Standards Outcomes Secondary 58

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

At Nueva, when it comes to assessment, standards-based grading is king. They include not just academic standards, but several teacher-selected “habits”: responsibility, curiosity, creativity, and self-improvement. The K-12 school replaced traditional grades for holistic rubrics four years ago. In other words, SEL competencies.

Survey 110

Survey Assessment Report Academic Standards 110

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Standards Several – Vendors produce tools that correspond with the Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange (CASE) , specifications that define how systems exchange and manage information about learning standards and/or competencies in a digitally-referenceable way (goodbye PDFs!). Join the Community.

OER 53

OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Several software companies have their own repositories, such as Microsoft’s Docs.com, Schoology’s public resources, Canvas Commons, and more. A common set of academic standards could alleviate the discovery issue, but several states have withdrawn from the Common Core State Standards and decided to adopt their own.

OER 60

OER Resources Common Core Education 60

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. But in recent years, we've seen a spike in the number of smaller, tightly focused, niche edtech product companies.

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

It has helped millions of students worldwide to improve their reading and writing skills, master increasingly rigorous academic standards, and prepare for high-stakes assessments. “We Smarty Ants is not the only Achieve3000 solution currently implemented at Virginia Beach.

Blended Learning 0

Blended Learning Secondary Differentiated Instruction Academic Standards 0

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Alana Wolf at her summer internship at a theater company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Most require that the students meet minimum academic standards and earn a predetermined number of credits. That’s gotten harder during an ongoing enrollment slide now entering its seventh year; there were nearly 2.9

Policies 81

Policies Report Academic Standards Meeting 81

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2018

Kaplan University had been owned by Graham Holdings Company, which used to own the Washington Post until it sold it to Jeff Bezos. But they had to get to know us, they had to get to know what we stand for and how we manage quality in our classrooms, how we maintain the integrity of our academic standards.

Kaplan 108

Kaplan Course Examples Outcomes 108

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 1, 2015

Even in today’s age of standardized testing and emphasis on academic standards, perhaps even because of this recent emphasis, educators are increasingly aware of the need to nurture students’ complete development. Throughout the day, students should be in the company of caring and supportive adults who are positive role models.

Academic Standards 40

Academic Standards Meeting Company Classroom 40

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

It’s been impressive to see students create true masterpieces,” says Suzanne von Oy, a graphing specialist at Desmos, the company that organized the contest. Announced on March 6, the competition challenged students to create any artwork of their choice using the company’s online graphing calculator. Try high school students.

Company 218

Company Exercises Common Core Academic Standards 218

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

How does this happen–especially when you have a very specific daily learning target you’re trying to meet in pursuit of an academic standard? They may not lead to the precise mastery of the standard or objective in your Carnegie unit or Hunter’s lesson plan, but they’re thinking.

Academic Standards 40

Academic Standards Guidelines Examples Meeting 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

After unsuccessfully approaching several major internet companies, the district decided to take matters into its own hands. The number of students proficient on California’s academic standards increased from 26 percent in 2014-15 to 47 percent in 2018-19. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Does it work?

Online Learning 130

Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 130

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 20, 2015

As most educators know, the Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy. Simply put, the standards outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade to be prepared for success in school, college, career and life.

Common Core 40

Common Core Academic Standards Resources Accessibility 40

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

Additionally, his free financial literacy course aligns with Jump$tart Coalition Standards for K-12 Personal Finance Education, National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies, and State Academic Standards. One of the objectives of FutureSmart is to teach students to save money.

Course 275

Course Comparison Academic Standards Social Media 275