eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions leader for K-12 education, is proud to announce that its enVision® Mathematics Common Core Grades 6-8 © 2021 received the highest rating from EdReports.org. Teaching with high-quality instructional materials has a direct impact on student learning outcomes.

Common Core 53

Common Core Instructional Materials Company Adaptive Learning 53

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Private equity’s pursuit to acquire puzzle pieces to build comprehensive educational technology platforms shows no sign of slowing down. The latest move comes from CIP Capital , a New York City-based private equity firm that is investing an undisclosed sum in Carnegie Learning. We’re not trying to smash a bunch of things together.

EdTech 63

EdTech Learning Adaptive Learning Company 63

Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

The gaming giant worked with the Institute of Play to create STEM-focused, hands-on learning experiences that promote collaboration, creativity and problem solving. But the Denver-based company may find itself in a crowded herd, with competitors new and old jostling for a slice of the $20 billion market. (We

EdTech 80

EdTech Knewton Pearson Coursera 80

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. With AI, we have just begun to see the possibilities this technology can provide for education. This begs the question: What’s next for education?

Trends 144

Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 Edtech Companies With Asia-Based Investors. Based Company.

EdTech 98

EdTech Knewton Company Robotics 98

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

It brings together K-12 educators, companies, reporters, university professors, and students to talk about product announcements, implementation strategies and edtech trends. It’s rare that you have the ability to to take consumer technology and offer it to schools,” he said. Full EdSurge coverage on Google here.)

Microsoft 112

Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech 112

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

School and district users had ample warning about the demise of the adaptive K-12 math and writing software—the company issued a notice on its site 15 months ago—and yet many say that the off-boarding process was not a smooth one. Its parent company, 3P Learning, promises to price-match on districts’ most recent TenMarks contract.

Khan Academy 112

Khan Academy IXL Learning Company Software 112

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2017

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. Reading Horizons announced its upcoming webcast, Dyslexia: Best Practices for Instruction and Intervention.

Maker Movement 40

Maker Movement Libraries Trends Robotics 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. With AI, we have just begun to see the possibilities this technology can provide for education. This begs the question: What’s next for education?

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 12, 2016

“With this acquisition, PowerSchool has invested over $100 million within the past six months to implement the K-12 education industry’s first unified classroom platform,” the company said in a statement. million, plans to use the new funds to enhance “technology and sales.” and Canada.

Haiku Learning 40

Haiku Learning Company Education Learning 40

Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Venture capital deals in the ed-tech market dominated the news over the past week, with companies such as Knewton, SchoolMint, and NuuEd announcing the completion of funding rounds as well as ed-tech accelerator Imagine K12 merging with the Y Combinator fund. Imagine K12 Merges With Y Combinator: The Redwood City, Calif.

Knewton 40

Knewton Edmentum Company Professional Learning 40

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ADVANCED & MEASURED PROGRESS ( www.advanc-ed.org ) & ( www.measuredprogress.org ) Measured Progress and AdvancED will join forces to form a unique and far-reaching nonprofit educational company focused on data-driven tools for school improvement. has joined the ENA family of companies.

Tools 52

Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

Edtech tools are a great resource to both teachers and students—providing real-time data, individually paced access to content, and adaptive learning supports. For this challenge, we are looking for companies and nonprofits creating tools to support young learners’ academic and social development in Pre-K through second grade.

How To 105

How To EdTech Education Study 105

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Peak Mathematics uses Pearson’s MyMathTest, an online homework tool that has adaptive technology that personalizes the content and pacing for each student. So he struck up a partnership with Cengage Learning, a Boston-based education technology and information company.

Tools 89

Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 89

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. The Rise of the Low-Cost Tablet & the Promise It May Hold for Learning BYOD: Does It Solve or Does It Worsen K-12 Tech Woes? Can Google Challenge Over-Zealous Web Filtering at Schools?

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Teachers and the Future of Education" (the importance of teacher voice in education discussions, "Hack Your Education" (thinking about self-directed learning--Audrey''s in this proposal), and "Technology, Pedagogy, and the Silver Bullet" (addressing the myopia of some ed tech business ventures).

Khan Academy 44

Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

It includes a variety of assessments, multiple-choice and claim-evidence-reasoning assessments, along with extensive support for teachers such as embedded professional development and instructional resources to support a differentiated learning experience for each student.

Epson 51

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 51

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2018

What they mean essentially is a platform that can use big data to deliver the right learning experience at the right time for each learner. Adaptive learning companies haven’t shied away from the analogy either, as descriptions of themselves as “ a sort of Netflix for learning ” are not unusual.

Google 98

Google Education Data Exercises 98

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Little did I know this experience would eventually propel me to help develop a school operating system that tackles technology issues plaguing educators and supports them with more opportunities to offer individualized instruction. Learn More About Kiddom Academy For Schools: 3 Ways a Company Can Personalize Its Support for Teachers.

System 122

System Khan Academy EdTech LMS 122

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2019

Lue says that he hopes the LabXChange system will be a prototype of a next-generation learning platform, and that future versions could include adaptive learning features that would offer students different material based on their demonstrated skill level.

MOOC 151

MOOC Knewton Education Adaptive Learning 151

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. We’re headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow.

EdTech 135

EdTech Industry Assessment Data 135

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. We headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow.

EdTech 70

EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

I love this headline from Campus Technology , which echoes the wise words of Bill and Ted from their excellent adventure: “ Ed Tech Changes … and Stays the Same.” In other STEM news, Pornhub awards a “women in tech” scholarship. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

One of education technologies’s greatest luminaries passed away this year. It’s all of our loss, really, as too many in education technology happily reduce the potential of computer programming as an epistemological endeavor to a market for new products. This is part six of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Congratulations, STEM folks and learn-to-code evangelists, for being featured in President Trump’s list of his 2017 accomplishments. awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.” You must be so proud.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” This is the Center for Humane Technology , which had a big PR push this week, with articles in Edsurge and Education Week. ” “ Facebook ’s app for kids should freak parents out,” says MIT Technology Review.

Lenovo 51

Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“ Apollo Education Group , the parent company of the University of Phoenix and Western International University , announced Thursday that it would eliminate the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in students’ enrollment agreements,” Inside Higher Ed reports. . ” Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. And “free” doesn’t last.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” Via Rutgers Today : “Is There a STEM Worker Shortage ? “This Machine Learning-Powered Software Teaches Kids To Be Better Writers,” Fast Company claims. Sanders is the founder of a charter school company that, in the words of the Dallas Morning News , “collapsed spectacularly.”

Education 45

Education Broadband Company Data 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ DeVos-Backed Company Makes Questionable Claims on Autism , ADHD.” ” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. Colleges Will Disappear.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40