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‘Back to School’ Hijinks and Lessons for the Education Industry

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But to the BMO’s annual education industry conference, where company executives, investors, bankers and financiers of all stripes descended in their suits and slacks (but very few ties). EdReports has become a real big deal in K-12 publishing,” he said, referring to the nonprofit that reviews textbooks for alignment to academic standards.

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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

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The LTSC is also working on related standards for mobile learning platforms, adaptive instructional systems and augmented reality learning environments. Open Registry of K-12 Learning Standards State academic standards help define the learning objectives for U.S. K-12 learners.

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

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Once we were ready to hire the candidate, we contacted references and used online services like Accufax for criminal background checks. Education industry conferences can also offer a good opportunity for employees to not only meet customers and potential clients, but also see what other companies (or competitors) are up to.

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McGraw-Hill Education Latest to Adopt Knovation Open Ed. Curated Content

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The digital resources in the Knovation repository—including videos, games, podcasts and articles—have been selected, evaluated, tagged and aligned to academic standards. While some industry observers see OER as a challenger to the content and curriculum that schools pay for, others are more sanguine.

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A Common Language: 30 Public Education Terms Defined

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For additional information regarding their application to technology, please refer to www.ed.gov/ocr/letters/colleague-201105-ese.pdf and www.ed.gov/ocr/docs/dcl-ebook-faq-201105.pdf. Information about how digital learning content assesses, teaches, and depends on (requires) common content standards such as State academic standards.