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Who is the Theranos of Education?

Edsurge

Stanford professor emeritus and former public district superintendent Larry Cuban described in a 2019 blog the stark reality that AltSchool was “ spending $40 million a year and taking in $7 million in revenue … a recipe for financial disaster.” But, don’t worry—they had plenty to say about Knewton. No kidding.”

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K-12 Dealmaking: Knewton Raises $52M; Imagine K12 Merges with Y Combinator

Marketplace K-12

Venture capital deals in the ed-tech market dominated the news over the past week, with companies such as Knewton, SchoolMint, and NuuEd announcing the completion of funding rounds as well as ed-tech accelerator Imagine K12 merging with the Y Combinator fund. Imagine K12 Merges With Y Combinator: The Redwood City, Calif.-based

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Going Back to School to Learn About Blended Learning

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

And companies like Knewton are targeting schools taking a personalized approach. There are whole companies devoted to helping schools become blended. Education Elements offers personalized learning consulting services and can help schools walk through the process.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Khan Academy Acquires App Developer; GradeSlam Raises $1.6 Million

Marketplace K-12

Khan Academy explained in a blog post that the donation is possible “thanks to philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network, the first underwriter of this new initiative.” million in a funding round led by Pittsburgh- San Francisco-based Birchmere Ventures, according to a blog post on GradeSlam’s website. GradeSlam Raises $1.6

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Making Sense of the Metaverse in Education

EdTechTeacher

One example is Knewton , an AI-powered platform that tailors personalized lesson plans to students. AI is creating dramatic transformations in the workplace, as computers replace human labor, but AI in education has been largely limited to tutoring software that aims to make curriculum materials more individualized for students.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This new weekly blog post / email is replacing the regular email I have sent out for the last couple of years for the now-defunct Host-Your-Own-Webinar program (I still have hopes of resurrecting that near-to-my-heart program, and when that happens we''ll wrap it into this weekly missive).

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The Long Life of a Data Trail

Graphite Blog

A very incomplete list of examples here include Knewton, Infinite Campus, eScholar, Schoolnet, Learnsprout, or Clever. The fifth model includes highly structured datastores to collect longitudinal data, and glue services that integrate multiple external services.

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