Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

While the emergence of “edtech” and the growing tide of investment towards this industry has led to a seemingly endless proliferation of new startups claiming to be in service of education, the perception of many educators, including some of my professors at Penn, is often one of skepticism.

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Education LMS Moodle EdTech 83

TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 13, 2015

Among the challenges of assessment, this concept–as it applies to formal academic classrooms designed to promote mastery of Common Core or similar standards–is near the top. These are industrial documents. Adaptive learning algorithms within certain #edtech products are coded along these lines.

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Assessment Data Learning Common Core 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

But as successive refinements improve them to the point that they start to steal customers, they may end up reshaping entire industries: classified ads (Craigslist), long distance calls (Skype), record stores (iTunes), research libraries (Google), local stores (eBay), taxis (Uber) and newspapers (Twitter).” Ease of publishing (e.g.,

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CENTRALREACH PK-12 ( www.centralreach.com/industry/pk-12-education ) CentralReach launches CentralReach PK-12, a collaborative and data-driven software for special education. com ) & ( www.bvlp.com ) & ( www.schoolmint.com ) Hero K12 and BV Investment Partners announced SchoolMint will be joining their EdTech Platform.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

.” Ref Rodriguez, like most of the current members of the LAUSD school board, has strong financial backing from the charter school industry. ” Via Chalkbeat : “‘ Common Core ’ no more: New York moves to adopt revised standards with new name.” More LAUSD news in the legal section below.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” Via Edsurge : “Chasing China ’s Edtech Unicorns: A Cautionary Tale.” Via Education Week : “ Common Core , College Readiness Skills Don’t Match Up, Study Says.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 48