Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

The interview got quite a number of listens, likely because November said that the edtech industry had created a “mess” at one point in the interview. How has the edtech industry created a “mess”—and more importantly, whose responsibility is it to clean up that message, according to November? Can you elaborate on that, a bit? "If

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

So I’ve been preaching that wholesale mastery learning isn’t realistic because you have to really think about your grade system. If you look at the content on the MAP accelerator, it is common core aligned content and it’s all from the standards in the common core and not just what may or may not be in the MAP.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Board of Education and the development of the Common Core have helped to level the playing field, but it is still painfully clear that zip code and race are two of the strongest determiners of student success. There are three parts to the instructional core: students, teachers, and content. Initiatives such as Brown v.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

One could also look at the thousands of edtech companies and education nonprofits that have sprung up in the last few decades as suppliers of goods and services designed to help teachers perform their work more effectively. Goals can vary dramatically from state to state, district to district and even school to school.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

While the emergence of “edtech” and the growing tide of investment towards this industry has led to a seemingly endless proliferation of new startups claiming to be in service of education, the perception of many educators, including some of my professors at Penn, is often one of skepticism. Blackboard Inc.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

Efficacy in edtech needs to be determined by conducting well-controlled, large sample-sized efficacy studies. If new edtech isn’t supported by high quality research, then claims about efficacy are just that—marketing claims. Founding a company based on research results. We in the edtech industry need to get over that.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles about the men and women who are creating today’s EdTech companies. He recently authored Transforming Schools: Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment and Common Core Standards. By Kenna McHugh.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

The year-over-year increase started to taper off [eventually], which actually was an interesting trend that I think a lot of folks have seen, primarily because I think the overall learning time in the system has gone down year-over-year. And then in 2015 or 2016, my assistant says, “Hey, this company wants to meet. I’m a big fan.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Ever since taking the helm as CEO in 2015, Marten Roorda says ACT has closed 10 deals in which it has invested in, acquired or formed strategic partnerships with educational companies. Besides just being an assessment company, we’re also becoming a learning and navigation company,” Roorda tells EdSurge in an interview.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Educational technology company Oddcast launched a new version of its Voki website for teachers along with a free iOS application called Voki for Education. Voki also offers an ever growing library of Common Core-aligned lessons – reimagined as Voki presentations. Voki can be customized for a variety of subjects.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2017

The content will be based on the goals laid in the National Common Curricular Base (the Brazilian equivalent to the Common Core standards in the United States), which aims to guide the skills and abilities that every Brazilian student should be taught in order to succeed in the 21st century.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

By allowing student information systems, rostering tools, assessment software, etc. And it was a similar experience for me when I arrived in the States and was exposed to the K-12 system that you have here. If I have to log in to seven different systems, for example, it makes it very difficult for me to get that comprehensive picture.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Little did I know this experience would eventually propel me to help develop a school operating system that tackles technology issues plaguing educators and supports them with more opportunities to offer individualized instruction. At the time, I had no idea this system was called “standards-based grading.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Dear Esteban, I have an idea for an edtech product but have no idea on how to monetize it. What are the different business models possible in edtech? However, many edtech business models resemble business models you see in other industries with some nuances particular to the education space. Are You My Model?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

We are grateful for companies and organizations who believe in the power of globally connected learning. Dr. Rachel Clarke, Principal Globalizing the English Common Core Reading Materials - Ashley Gwinn Master Teacher and Curriculum Specialist Gomabseubnida, Seoul: How My Summer in Korea Made Me a Better Teacher. - Sears, M.A.,

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Twelve years ago, Amplify CEO Larry Berger and I wrote about the “ pareto distribution ” of companies in the K-12 sector. Most revenue was generated by a few winner-take-all companies, then there was a long tail of subscale operators. And a new, growing class of companies may soon join us. We broke through in different ways.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

Lately I’ve seen quite a few edtech companies that hope to graduate from offering a free product to actually monetizing it. Edtech companies that offer supplementary content or a digital tool for teachers and students are best sold bottoms-up. Why your position in the Edtech Products Quadrant matters.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

RTTT offered states grant money to implement education reforms, including the introduction of teacher evaluation systems, and NCLB waivers nudged states further in this direction. Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, etc.). The fit of your company and product for the particular region. 2: Create Your Heat Map.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. This follows the company’s recent integrations with Canvas and Schoology and its OneRoster alignment.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

This leads to the “innovator’s dilemma,” described recently in The Economist as “the difficult choice an established company faces when it has to choose between holding onto an existing market by doing the same thing a bit better, or capturing new markets by embracing new technologies and adopting new business models.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Here’s a chronological roundup of stories that made the biggest bang on the edtech industry (and to a similar extent, our web traffic) in 2016. In the case of Teachscape, one of the rare edtech startups that’s stuck around for over a decade, its acquisition by Frontline Technologies marked the end of the road.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Next page: edtech trends 6-10: Better content, small data and neuroscience).

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eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2019

A McKinsey & Company study from 2014 suggested that textbook rentals would cannibalize new-textbook sales by 2017, resulting in a reduction in new-book sales of 5 to 10 percent by 2020. About 10 years ago, in 2010, when Common Core was launched in the U.S., It’s this third piece that we are finally embracing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

https://technologyrescue.eventbrite.com March 14th, 7pm US-Eastern: Webinar: Using EdTech to Supercharge Student Inquiry and Multimedia Literacy Skills This is a free event, but you must register to attend and will be sent the event link. In the digital age, inquiry and problem-solving can span across a range of media and tools.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. Via Politico : “The Kansas Supreme Court rejected the state’s school funding system in a ruling issued Monday that found it runs afoul of the state’s constitution by failing to adequately and equitably fund its school districts.” 2 Post at Ed.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “‘ Common Core ’ no more: New York moves to adopt revised standards with new name.” SoFi : a student loan company and one of the most well-funded ed-tech companies out there sure seems swell. More LAUSD news in the legal section below. Go, School Sports Team!

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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. Via The New York Times : “Tech Companies Expect Free High-Speed Internet for Poorer Americans to Pay Off Later.” Education Politics.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

For nearly 30 years, Medicaid has helped school systems cover costs for special education services and equipment, from physical therapists to feeding tubes. ” The Department of Education has rehired student loan debt collectors fired by the Obama Administration: Enterprise Recovery Systems and Navient-owned Pioneer Credit Recovery.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

“What Betsy DeVos means for edtech ,” according to venture capitalist Ryan Craig. Here’s an op-ed in The Hill : “College accreditation goes rogue: Another unaccountable system.” No mention that these are backed by big companies and venture capitalists. ” Accreditation and Certification.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

the Virginia company at the heart of the operation.” Here’s the EdWeek headline: “ Company Exec. for Ed-Tech Company Testifies in Ala. ” Gee, good thing no one else in ed-tech is in the business of selling these sorts of connections between companies and politicians and schools! ” Ugh. .”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss.

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Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Via Politico : Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to avoid mentioning the Common Core in a video. Solocron Education LLC , a company whose entire ‘education’ business is filing lawsuits, owns U.S. Get rid of it.’”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This comes as the majority of students in the US public school system are now students of color. ” Money and data – they’re intertwined for technology companies – are monopolized in a handful of corporate giants. The majority of teachers are still white.). ” and “are you white?”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Via Education Week : “The founder and former CEO of an online public school that educates thousands of Pennsylvania students pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal tax fraud, acknowledging he siphoned more than $8 million from The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School through for-profit and nonprofit companies he controlled.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

Lots of reporting on various court filings in the Trump University case, particularly those about the company’s “ playbooks ” detailing how former employees sold its course packages, targeting vulnerable populations. Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.”

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