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Game On: Kahoot Snaps Up DragonBox for $18 Million for Its First Acquisition

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There’s also a chess game it developed with a grandmaster and current world champion, Magnus Carlsen. million downloads, estimates Jean-Baptiste Huynh, the company’s founder and CEO. The program includes tablets and apps, along with print workbooks, lesson plans and physical manipulatives aligned to national academic standards.

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We Asked Teachers What They Want From Edtech. Here’s What They Said.

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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.

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