Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The Gates Foundation has backed a variety of education reform initiatives : charter schools, the Common Core State Standards, “small schools,” inBloom, teacher evaluations, and yes, “personalized learning.” Knewton ( mind-reading robo tutor in the sky ) – $157.25 Kaltura (video) – $166.1

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

Some education technology developers, such as Knewton, say machines can figure out what students need to know and how best to deliver it. You want to extend and maximize their time in the system,” said Jose Ferreira, Knewton’s founder and CEO. based education reform advocacy group. I see their confidence level take off.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. Founded in 2008 by a former Kaplan executive Jose Ferreira, Knewton was one of the most heavily funded ed-tech startups of the decade. In 2013, Pearson paid $7.7

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

I wrote about his education portfolio – it includes Clever, Knewton, and AltSchool – but I’ll revisit this topic when I tackle ed-tech and surveillance “personalization” in a subsequent article in this series.). The Common Core. Political correctness. Foreign students.

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