Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

Note: The original version of this piece was published on July 7, 2016 by New America as part of an EdCentral series on the next social contract for education: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/next-social-contract-public-education-needs-new-terms-service/.

Instructional Materials 150

Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

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 110

Data LMS Company Education 110

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

For the book, she tracked what schools in each state are actually teaching about climate science, and uncovered the watered-down standards and outright climate change denial adopted by some states, as well as a well-funded campaign of misinformation spearheaded by fossil fuel companies. because they wanted him to get a good education.

Academic Standards 180

Academic Standards Company Report Course 180

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

As educators, mental health professionals, and authors of a new book on helping students cut through stress and pave the way to purpose, we’ve spent our careers supporting students to manage their mental health and reach their potential. It is educators themselves reaching out for our help. Second, it is difficult to implement.

Academic Standards 189

Academic Standards Policies Exercises Report 189

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. Technology companies including Google, Oracle and Cisco also gave support through providing hardware and database services. Later, as the U.S. and Russia.

Kaplan 66

Kaplan Common Core Education Company 66

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2019

based company explained the difficult decision as an effort to return its focus to the education market following a foray into creating consumer toys. Today, the robotic toymaker is following through by adding a big building block to its educational offerings. When Sphero laid off 45 employees in early 2018, the Boulder, Co.-based

Robotics 128

Robotics Company Common Core Academic Standards 128

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 These tools offer real-time data that educators can use to inform their instruction.

LMS 115

LMS Assessment Company Comparison 115

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Part of what I believe to be the truth,” Camelback’s founder and CEO, Aaron Walker tells EdSurge, “is that education is a long-tail game. James Kim, co-founder and executive director of BEAT (short for Bridging Education & Art Together), is on a mission to “take the ‘speech’ and the ‘therapy’ out of speech therapy,” he says.

Education 128

Education Social Media Groups Company 128

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

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

Company 99

Company Academic Standards Industry Tablets 99

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 115

EdTech Company Academic Standards Industry 115

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 82

Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 82

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2016

At some point in your child’s education journey, you’re going to feel the need for tutoring. 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. Do they seem reliable?

How To 150

How To Company Digital Citizenship Academic Standards 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. To date AT&T has made 27 investments.

EdTech 87

EdTech Company Outcomes Academic Standards 87

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

In a previous EdSurge piece , I described how economics and technology trends tend to drive educational innovation by providing models that reformers build into their visions, sometimes unconsciously. It has also impacted the role that teachers play in the mind of educational policy makers and reformers—for good and ill.

Policies 116

Policies Trends Common Core Training 116

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 25, 2016

McGraw-Hill Education’s recent selection of Knovation’s curated open education content is a signal that publishers and ed-tech providers are jockeying to find ways to take advantage of open education resources. “We can have a bigger impact through this partnership approach than singularly going to schools.”

OER 40

OER Education Company Academic Standards 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). Department of Education spearheaded the #GoOpen movement, a collection of efforts to spur educators, publishers and technologists to make OER more available and easily accessible. Last year, the U.S.

OER 60

OER Resources Common Core Education 60

Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

over glitches in implementing the test, the state department of education announced this week. 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. million tests.

Pearson 75

Pearson Common Core Assessment Academic Standards 75

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

From IBM’s test scoring machines in the 1930s to the Speak & Spells of the 70s, innovators and educators have been trying to improve education with technology for decades. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

EdTech 157

EdTech Academic Standards Social Media Technology 157

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

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Michelle McLaughlin said Michael’s education did not prepare him for college or career. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Our son’s education was a waste. Higher Education.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

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.

STEM 103

STEM Report Robotics Company 103

techlearning

OCTOBER 22, 2018

(October 22, 2018) - To fulfill its promise to provide collaborative solutions to educators, , the leading K-12 Education Intelligence Platform (EIP), announces that its suite of personalized learning solutions is IMS Global Standards certified. For information on Illuminate Education, visit. and Suites v4.1,

Academic Standards 41

Academic Standards Learning Assessment Data 41

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The panelists recommended that educational leaders take a deep breath and recognize that there is a crisis happening in our districts. For over 20 years, Jill Abbott has been a leader and visionary in education. She currently serves as the senior vice president and managing director of the education division of SIIA.

Professional Learning 52

Professional Learning Data Future Ready Academic Standards 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

of Education, author of 12 books including the recent Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Danger to Our Public Schools; Cindy Cisneros , Vice President of Education Programs at the Committee for Economic Development at The Conference Board; and Gavin Dykes , from England, Managing Director of Cellcove, Ltd.

Policies 36

Policies Academic Standards Company Assessment 36

edWeb.net

MARCH 26, 2021

Due to COVID-19, most of our educational systems reflect a new normal, with hybrid and remote learning, increased use of technology, and teacher professional development. She is a contributor to state and local academic standards and teaching exemplars that help create high learning expectations and opportunities for all students.

Professional Learning 58

Professional Learning Academic Standards Outcomes Secondary 58

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. Not that there isn’t plenty of discussion about education: at ASU/GSV, there was a spotlight on “The American Dream.’’. It’s an excellent question.

EdTech 82

EdTech Blendspace Hapara Educreations 82

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

more and more schools recognize the importance of SEL curriculums —and with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) now allowing schools to choose a non-academic accountability measure —the question is being raised: Do we need to measure these competencies, and if so, how the heck do we do it? So what’s a whole child educator to do?

Survey 105

Survey Assessment Report Academic Standards 105

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

In a recent edWebinar , “Digital Curriculum Development: The Missing Time-Saving Link,” Daniel Ralyea, Director of the Office of Research and Data Analysis at the South Carolina Department of Education, and Mark T. What’s out in the digital education realm now that shows promise for future enhancements? Just a dream? Not really.

OER 53

OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. blended learning).

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Department of Education , having a line on applicants ready to start as sophomores also helps those schools fill empty seats and beds and keep tuition coming in. Alana Wolf at her summer internship at a theater company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education.

Policies 82

Policies Report Academic Standards Meeting 82

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The model also helped students and educators weather the pandemic’s ups and downs more easily than other districts in the country. For years, Lindsay has experimented with competency-based education, a more personalized approach to education that involves letting kids learn on computers for at least part of the day.

Online Learning 132

Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 132

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 We are looking forward to supporting Virginia Beach’s students and parents, as well as their dedicated educators, with this new initiative.”.

Blended Learning 0

Blended Learning Secondary Differentiated Instruction Academic Standards 0

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2018

When leaders of Purdue University wanted to move into online education, they took the unusual step of buying an existing online university, a big one with 30,000 students. It’s hard to think of another example of two more different higher education cultures placed under the same name. I spent 15 years in traditional education.

Kaplan 102

Kaplan Course Examples Outcomes 102

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 1, 2015

Few would argue with the importance of educating the whole child. 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. This is important for two reasons.

Academic Standards 40

Academic Standards Meeting Company Classroom 40

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

That was how bubbly Apple employees, decked out in the green-and-yellow outfits that matched the colors of Lane Tech College Prep in Chicago, welcomed arrivals to the company’s highly-anticipated education event this morning. Bells signaled transitioned time between hands-on workshops led by educators. Here’s what we saw.

iPad 138

iPad Chromebook Education Company 138

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