Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Broadband penetration in K-12 schools reached over 98 percent , while low-cost computing devices like Chromebooks have proliferated in classrooms. Edtech providers are as vulnerable as their peers in other industries. Schools spent a decade buying technology. Now they want it to work.

Trends 175

Trends EdTech Education Company 175

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The students learn how to use industry-approved software programs and are often granted paid internships at local design firms and research labs, and Greeley’s planning and development departments. It also allows her to teach students who arrive in her classroom with vastly different skill levels. It’s perhaps not surprising.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

NovoEd co-founder Amin Saberi was replaced by Ed Miller, a former Blackboard exec. Blackboard replaced its CEO. For the last five or six years, education technology has been largely talked about in terms of “startups,” something that helps position the industry as an outsider and an underdog. The Procurement Problem.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Edsurge’s Jeff Young and Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill both asked industry analyst Trace Urdan for his take. ” Google announces more updates to its pseudo-LMS, Google Classroom.

Education 47

Education E-rate Kaplan Company 47

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

“ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. ” Via NPR : “ Kentucky Governor Claims Kids Were Assaulted While Teachers Absent From Classroom.” ” Via EdScoop : “Edtech and industry leaders say they’re stuck if they can’t scale.” ” (Psst.

Education 43

Education Pearson Edmentum lynda.com 43

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” An “innovation pod” is actually a private classroom in a shipping container. Edsurge on teachers leaving the classroom to join tech companies. A teacher in front of a blackboard. Everything about our lives has moved beyond the industrial era. Excellent re-branding. State and Local) Education Politics.

Education 47

Education Kaplan MOOC Coursera 47

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.”

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40