Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

All four are profiled in case studies that detail their policies, funding allotments, adoption processes and notable challenges. In states that mix adoption and local control, like Utah, a commission reviews, vets and ultimately recommends instructional materials, although districts have final say.

EdTech 255

EdTech Case Study Instructional Materials Policies 255

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Refocusing classrooms around up-and-coming digital materials requires more than just adding a new tech-based product or two as many processes for reviewing and purchasing instructional materials are still built around print textbooks. “We saw that our code was only looking at the adoption of textbooks,” said DeLeón.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Case Study Policies OER 40

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2017

We can take note of say, if one person’s stronger in math, how can the system identify the challenge, and then open it up to teachers so they can be better tutors for their students? Not just ACT material; we want to give you the best instructional resource we can find. What applications do we see of AI in education?

Education 133

Education Knewton Data Industry 133

edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

In a recent edWebinar , presenters from Idaho and Pennsylvania discussed how state and district leadership support digital learning opportunities and implement digital materials. According to the Brookings Institution there is strong evidence that the choice of instructional materials has large effects on student learning.

Digital Learning 40

Digital Learning Instructional Materials Learning Policies 40

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

At the time, Wireless Generation was expanding from its roots in K-3 reading assessment into new areas: intervention, professional development, and data systems. The company was renamed “Amplify.” Five years later, Berger led a management buyout of the company, backed by Emerson Collective. I’d recently moved to Washington, D.C.

Instructional Materials 135

Instructional Materials Case Study Assessment Company 135

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2017

To survive shrinking school budgets education companies must, now more than ever, make a robust show of their product’s efficacy—something that few have been able to demonstrate convincingly. Get some case studies really fast. I would not go into the system next year without some evidence of efficacy,” House advises.

EdTech 82

EdTech Education Company STEM 82

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all. .”

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40