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

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

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Progress reports go out on Thursday and the teachers are up in arms because they can’t enter scores into their online gradebook. And it’s scenarios like this that put pressure on edtech companies to make their tools more interoperable. The company agreed—and made it happen.

Data 110

Data LMS Company Education 110

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. The contract covers only scoring and reporting Part I for grades 3-8 and Part I and Part II for high school. million tests.

Pearson 75

Pearson Common Core Assessment Academic Standards 75

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report Washington Elementary is a K-8 school in Lindsay, an agricultural community in California’s Central Valley. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report.

Online Learning 131

Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 131

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. Panorama for Social-Emotional Learning offers SEL progress reports based on student and teacher surveys.

Survey 105

Survey Assessment Report Academic Standards 105

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 157

EdTech Academic Standards Social Media Technology 157

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Photo: Michael Farrell for The Hechinger Report. million fewer college students in the spring semester just ended than at the last peak in 2011, the National Student Clearinghouse reports. Alana Wolf at her summer internship at a theater company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Photo: Michael Farrell for The Hechinger Report.

Policies 81

Policies Report Academic Standards Meeting 81

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. So how do you choose?

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

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. Disclaimer: the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is among the various funders of The Hechinger Report.

EdTech 81

EdTech Blendspace Hapara Educreations 81

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

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

“But, it’s all over the place,” he laments, “with the various textbooks, standards, digital search engines, and vendors.”. Ralyea knows well the challenge of haphazard coordination, having lived it in South Carolina, where he had to work with a standards-based report card. Join the Community.

OER 53

OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

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. To reach the 40 percent target would require roughly $18 billion more, the report said. Photo courtesy Michelle McLaughlin.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.

Instructional Materials 28

Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

News and World Reports survey from August 2020 sheds more light. In addition, a recent August 2023 report from the Council for Economic Education brings more news. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

Course 270

Course Comparison Academic Standards Social Media 270

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report. For-profit schools, such as Salter and others owned by its parent company, Premier Education Group, have zeroed in on this market. OAKHAM, Mass. – The timing seemed fortuitous. Each student can bring thousands of dollars in federal grants and loans. Premier fits this pattern.

Company 110

Company Data Outcomes Report 110

Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

The San Francisco-based company is best known for its rostering technology that provisions user accounts for software, and a single sign-on service that makes it easy for students and teachers to log into and use tools purchased by district officials. A report published in January suggests that most software licenses purchased go unused.

EdTech 121

EdTech Libraries Software Company 121

eSpark

FEBRUARY 27, 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 52

EdTech Academic Standards Chromebook Analysis 52

eSpark

FEBRUARY 27, 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 40

EdTech Academic Standards Chromebook Analysis 40

techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Combined, Faria and Rubicon will serve over 10,000 schools in 130 countries with curriculum support for over 600 academic standards. Faria will continue to support schools on the Atlas platform with no changes to the service, its pricing, or customer support, or the planned feature improvements.

Chromebook 45

Chromebook Pearson Student Data Privacy Data 45

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. The increased interest in work-based learning opportunities comes at a time when companies nationwide are calling for more skilled workers, and not just for jobs that require a college degree. At Harwood Union High School, students can earn academic credit for work experiences.

Classroom 88

Classroom Report Academic Standards Company 88

Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Steve Kolowich is such a great reporter. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “George Mason’s President Says Some Donor Agreements Fell ‘Short’ of Academic Standards.” “ Are Edtech Companies Doing Enough to Protect Student Privacy? “ Are Etextbooks Affordable Now?

MOOC 42

MOOC Education Robotics Company 42