Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Nine lawsuits filed in March, April and May against major textbook companies and retailers take aim at their bulk deals with colleges to offer online course materials, sometimes referred to as “inclusive access” programs. And in February, nonprofit advocacy organization U.S. They were filed on behalf of individual students in the U.S.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

Among the signatories were large companies that included Athletes Unlimited, Care.com, Patagonia and Synchrony. That has led the company to expand its child care benefits. Synchrony also offers virtual summer activities and online learning for the children of employees, flexibility in hours and the opportunity to work from home.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Pandemic closures provided some students with a chance to notice how stressed they are at school, says Jayne Demsky, founder of School Avoidance Alliance, an advocacy group that provides professional training to schools. But a more common approach has been to ink contracts with telehealth companies.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2023

Learning technology company HMH announced that it has completed its acquisition of assets from research and educational services organization NWEA. This will enable them to better understand how students are growing academically and how to maximize that growth with content specific recommendations that advance student learning.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2022

The last bell of the school day is when the work truly begins for staff at the Wisconsin Youth Company. For the next few hours, they are in school but they are also done learning for the day. Unlike some after-school programs, Wisconsin Youth Company does not focus on academic tutoring or instruction.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 9, 2016

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has joined the board of directors for Pluralsight , a Utah-based ed-tech company that provides online courses in various subjects, including software development and information technology, the news site Fast Company reported Thursday.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Coalition partners are united in the goal of empowering tomorrow’s changemakers by connecting classroom learning to various sustainability themes. Challenge-Based Learning Informed by Partners : Delivering engaging, high-quality resources and learning experiences for students. Subaru of America, Inc.,

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

To improve career readiness outcomes for students, American Student Assistance® (ASA), a national nonprofit that changes the way kids learn about careers and navigate a path to postsecondary education and career success, today announced the expansion of its free suite of digital resources that advance career readiness by launching EvolveMe TM.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Today is a great day to learn about animals.” Sarraf hopes the robot and her company of the same name can reach homes and families, just as they have reached the wallets of two angel investors who have injected $4.2 The company did not disclose their names. The app also provides progress data on children’s learning.

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Robotics Company Education Data 138

Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Real change can come from our unanimous stance against ineffective edtech, including predatory companies who make baseless claims in order to sell their products. And like every business, edtech companies are driven by people, many of whom have the best intentions—and many of whom are also focused on profit margins.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

She co-founded edtech company LangInnov to address what she saw as a gap in the market for assessing Latino children’s reading abilities. You see students taken away from more meaningful learning experiences and kind of plugged into computer screens where it's basically a flashcard.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

For the second time in two months, Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company (NYSE: RST) has had two of its literacy programs recognized as standouts in a prominent edtech award program. The company’s highly-regarded Lexia® Core5® Reading (Core5) was also named a finalist in the category for Best Literacy App or Tool.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 18, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries.

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Libraries Survey Advocacy Strategy 68

eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Representing leading publishers and assessment service providers in the testing industry, the ATP promotes high-quality programs among members—as well as among the entire assessment community—through highly regarded global events, advocacy work, best practices guidance documents, and networking opportunities. About Curriculum Associates.

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Kaplan Industry Assessment Advocacy 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

He recalls finding (and paying a considerable amount for) an outside company that could convert his transcripts into something more comparable to the U.S. When he tried to enroll, he found that colleges had no idea how to handle his international transcripts and credentials. education system.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

With the continued funding challenges educators face, it’s crucial to pick an education resource that will yield the best return on investment and support learning outcomes for your district. 3P Learning works with over five million students and educators across the globe, providing online learning solutions in math, science and literacy.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Personalized learning lets Champlain Valley Union High School sophomore Bella Curtis study toward a certificate in horse management. New ways of teaching and learning are needed to make sure students prove they’ve mastered topics before earning a diploma, they say. Photo: Austin Haeberle. NASHVILLE, Tenn. –

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The technology company has developed a robust, clinician-designed online therapy platform for their own network of teletherapy providers, and made a version of it available to schools during the pandemic. Our many support offerings help meet the unique needs and learning styles of clinicians.”. About Presence.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Portland Public Schools (PPS) is partnering with Portland General Electric Company on the creation of a comprehensive K-12 curriculum exploring the causes and consequences of climate change, along with potential solutions. This partnership is a direct response to student advocacy.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

But in 2021, they returned to in-person classes after learning virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have to get involved in advocacy and stand up for ourselves, and we will see changes be made.” Some web filters automatically block websites and pages that are actually valuable to learning or mental health.

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Hapara Company Meeting Advocacy 130

eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2022

An educator guide accompanies the Virtual Field Trip and features student activities to take the learning further. You can learn more about STEM Forward at DiscoveryEducation.com/STEMForward , or within the Discovery Education K-12 learning platform. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

The combination of tactile exploration and innovative technology is a powerful package that will help transform the way students learn while in school, and I’m energized by the shared vision that its learning system will be used by many more school kids in the near term, in addition to the focus and dedication of the team leading Osmo.

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Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

As we look to lessons learned about how schools responded to the issue of internet safety beginning some twenty years ago, my read is that the current set of solutions and responses being advanced today to address privacy concerns can only be kindly described as ‘in need of improvement.’

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. But what may surprise some readers of the report, released Monday, is what the United States can learn from developing nations when it comes to bringing together all parties interested in edtech. Whereas the U.S. says the report.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In school, teaching executive function is likely to result in more self-directed students, who can learn from their mistakes, pivot, and re-engage with the subject matter and other people. Learn more about ExQ® at www.ExQInfiniteKnowHow.com. Learn more about Cerebral Matters® at www.CerebralMatters.com.

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Learning Training Advocacy Strategy 87

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Jivani had jump started a career in self-care advocacy. The company has also enlisted artificial intelligence to track hate speech on the platform. Both companies have also published policies around so-called “deepfakes” of manipulated and altered media on their platforms. I was never alone.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

“The district has been quite open about how challenging this migration to video distance learning has been for their teachers,” says Boyd. She is the vice president of advocacy and engagement at the Mozilla Foundation, which today released a new report examining the privacy and security policies of 15 commonly used video-conferencing apps.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 25, 2020

This week, REINVENTING.SCHOOL explores an increasingly common practice--home as a place for learning, and in some cases, as a physical replacement for a physical school facility. Diana Ortiz Burns is Director of Operations and Sustainability, Indian Creek School, and a force in the physical reinvention of local facilities used for learning.

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Learning Advocacy Company Social Media 56

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

Student and educator social, emotional, and academic learning continues to be a key focus for schools and districts, especially with the continued stress caused by dealing with the pandemic. Visit selproviders.org to learn more about the SEL Providers Association. To learn more about Aperture Education, visit [link].

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Advocacy Education Assessment Strategy 59

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Public Interest Research Group , a nonprofit advocacy organization that takes a skeptical view of publishers’ efforts to automatically bill students for pre-packaged commercial course materials. Yet representatives of Cengage, McGraw-Hill and Pearson each told EdSurge that their companies do not set quotas for their inclusive access programs.

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Pearson Accessibility Course Report 152

Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

It is why Camelback has invested in companies like Tiny Docs (media to advance health and wellness for families), Raheem (tech to create a world without police violence), MadeBOS (tech to create career pathing for retail workers) and Liberate (meditation app for people of color). We must build a more agile way to deliver programs.

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Advocacy Company Policies System 173

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 13, 2024

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries.

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Libraries Strategy Advocacy Accessibility 45

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2020

Kids should be playing and learning and protected in an environment surrounded by family and friends,” said Nikki Gillette, a researcher with Save the Children. “So Programs & Advocacy. Programs & Advocacy, on a call with reporters. So when children are deprived of that, it launches them into adult roles far too soon.”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Learn more here. Through this initiative, students receive a suite of no-cost digital resources that help them learn about the many career opportunities offered within the Country Music industry. Learn more about Working in Harmony at CMAWorkinginHarmony.com or within Discovery Education’s K-12 learning platform.

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Industry Advocacy Education EdTech 88

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2022

If they listened, what would they learn? Then keep reading below to learn how these teenagers’ lives have changed during the past year. He also continues to work part-time at a logistics company. “I Instead, the New Orleans resident was excited to start a job in the human resources department of a Fortune 500 energy company.

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Training Study Advocacy Company 157

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

In terms of young women, school counselors and really all educators can help young women and really all of our students learn more about computer science and technology by thinking about how it intersects with every area of interest. link] Learn more about her: www.angelacleveland.com. I’m a big fan, so I appreciate this opportunity.

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