Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

For the past 18 months, a pilot program in a South Bronx public school, called “Family Playlists,” developed by the New York-based nonprofit, PowerMyLearning , has used technology to increase families’ involvement in their students’ learning. That approach resonated well with PowerMyLearning, which Stock started in 1999.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

At the beginning of the edtech wave, superintendents saw many benefits from using digital resources in the classroom. District IT offices were taking on the same tasks as Fortune 500 companies without the ability to implement them as effectively. This article was modified and published by EdScoop and eSchool News.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Wayne Johnson, the head of the department’s financial aid division and a former executive at a student loan company , says that those “non-traditional” servicers could include companies like Visa , Amazon , or Goldman Sachs. Articles about laptop bans – for or against – are not quite the worst.

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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. ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. million total.

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