Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

In fall 2007, Larry Berger, CEO of Wireless Generation (now Amplify) was invited to submit a paper to an “Entrepreneurship in Education” working group led by Rick Hess, the director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. We left behind the tablets and spun out a few adjacent businesses.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The 1216BKBT Bluetooth Jackbox provides a cost-efficient way to stream audio from a smartphone, tablet or other Bluetooth-enabled device to six separate headphones. The tool is ideal for differentiated learning, literacy, English-language learners (ELL) or Special Needs instruction. No bubbles required. Illuminate 11.0

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Only 21 states have any kind of dedicated state funding for technology, and this can range from just digital instructional materials (e.g. laptops and tablets, as is true in Maine ) according to a recent analysis from the State Educational Technology Directors Association.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

But some of them, like the explosion in startups offering private student loans, suggest something is happening quite contrary to the narratives of “free and open,” not to mention to a tradition of publicly funded education or the policies of federal financial aid. Everything’s a business opportunity.

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