Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2017

For Brian Fitzgerald, what began as a newborn side project in 2012—when he was working at edtech startup Knewton—has become a fully-grown venture of its own. There is much more of a trend we are seeing socially, where kids are spending more time with technology or indoors,” Fitzgerald says.

Knewton 107

Knewton Learning Trends Company 107

Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. The technology did not work.

Trends 93

Trends MOOC Company Edmodo 93

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Rolling Stone Faces Revived Lawsuit Over Campus Rape Article.” “ Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘ Adversarial Narrative ’ With Public School Teachers,” says Edsurge. From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.”

Education 48

Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Neither Knewton nor the Clinton campaign have confirmed the veracity of this leaked speech. Education Politics. ” He was 7. ” Maybe.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. There’s an article in the venture philanthropy section below about how private student loans are being pitched as “impact investing.” National) Education Politics. The Business of Financial Aid. Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 44

Education Elsevier MOOC Knewton 44

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Susan Crawrford argues “Why Universities Need ‘Public Interest Technology’ Courses.” million from Omidyar Technology Ventures and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. National) Education Politics.

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. What’s his evidence that technology has not eliminated jobs – other than this weird insistence that there is no such thing as neoliberalism in ed-tech ? “​ Intel Hits Pause on Edtech Accelerator,” says Edsurge.

Edmodo 45

Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 45