NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

In 2012, Lightspeed Systems, a school web filtering and mobile management company, published Web Filtering and Schools: Balancing IT and Educator Needs , a guide that explains in layman’s terms what CIPA does and does not require, filtering pros and cons, and best practices. Linked to the Common Core Standards for high school.

E-rate 40

E-rate Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 1, 2014

The Common Core State Standards require students to think critically and be effective consumers and producers of information and media. This ISTE webinar will focus on ways teachers can create active, student-centered, digital age classrooms that help students meet the Common Core and ISTE Standards. Classroom 2.0

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Libraries Common Core Classroom Digital Citizenship 59

Fractus Learning

MARCH 2, 2022

Choosing the suitable toys for each step of your child’s development is crucial; Lovevery toy company helps parents with this vital task. Lovevery toy company is a certified B corporation which means it meets the highest standards of environmental and social transparency, accountability, and performance. Lovevery The Block Set.

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STEM Company Mobility Common Core 52

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

A recent Pew survey found that just half of U.S. That’s where Weil’s company comes in. When schools buy a site license to the service, their students can have unlimited, simultaneous access to any of the 8,000 fiction, nonfiction, and Spanish language titles in the company’s collection.

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Software Exercises Common Core Elementary 40

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2019

Does it meet subject- and grade-level Common Core standards? If the tech company has received funding or has a shrewd and experienced enough team to market to the end-user, the technology is probably pretty slick. If the technology supports this, it meets the primary requirement. How Much Time Does It Take to Learn?

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EdTech Meeting Laptops Company 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

As the CEO of Listenwise , a listening skill-building company, and the host of the Student Podcast PODCAST , I am seeing the podcasting landscape in education explode. Podcasting can also address Common Core State Standards, including key speaking and listening skills. I have always believed in the power of audio.

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Trends Common Core Assessment Smartphone 125

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

flurry of activity in the private sector , as schools increasingly needed tools that facilitate evaluation such as rubrics, video observation platforms, student perception surveys, and professional development products linked to teacher observations. Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, etc.). 2: Create Your Heat Map.

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Policies Academic Standards Common Core Exercises 60

techlearning

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Results correspond to Common Core State Standards and specific state standards. The company offers software and services to meet the needs of school customers’ assessment programs regardless of where they are on the technology spectrum—pure paper, pure online, or anywhere in between.

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CMS Assessment System LMS 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. Surveys and interviews routinely find that many students prefer learning directly from teachers and get tired of looking at screens. What Summit offers is highly rigorous, Common Core-aligned curriculum in a platform that is accessible to students and teachers.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 123

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Duke University ran a widely read lecture capture survey. Companies like Kaltura, Panopto and Warpwire battled through the year for market share. This will likely have a significant impact on the K-12 landscape for the next four years when it comes to charter schools, Title programs, and common core standards. And it has.

Trends 111

Trends EdTech MOOC Smartphone 111

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. ” “The Indiana Department of Education is seeking $4 million in damages from the company that created last year’s problem-plagued ISTEP test. ” Poor poor misunderstood LMSes.

Education 40

Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

“ ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More,” says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump’s campaign promises. More on the future of Common Core from NPR. Inside Higher Ed profiles homework help company Course Hero.

Education 54

Education Common Core Company Facebook 54

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. The Minecraft-based-engineering company has raised $9.75 million total.

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. ” “ How Asian test-prep companies swiftly exposed the brand-new SAT.” This is part eight of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

Data 40

Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

Kaplan 46

Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Nevada officials announced Tuesday that a common-core assessment consortium will credit the state $1.8 Via Education Next : “The Politics of the Common Core Assessments.” ” A study has found companies are not happy with their corporate LMSes.

Education 40

Education Blackboard Common Core MOOC 40

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. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. The learn-to-code company Treehouse has launched “Techdegrees,” “a guided-learning experience designed to prepare students for entry-level developer jobs at companies across the country.” The company has raised $15.9

Education 52

Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“ Apollo Education Group , the parent company of the University of Phoenix and Western International University , announced Thursday that it would eliminate the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in students’ enrollment agreements,” Inside Higher Ed reports. The Indian gaming company has raised $1.2 million total.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one-quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.”

Education 45

Education Company MOOC Khan Academy 45

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.)

Education 40

Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

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.’”

Education 40

Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

” Testing, Testing… PARCC Inc , best known as one of the Common Core test-makers, is “moving in a new direction,” Politico reports. Support for charter schools , for example, fell by 12% from last year’s survey. ( ” More on the survey from Inside Higher Ed and from Politico.

Education 49

Education MOOC Report Data 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Teaching Tolerance released a report on the increased harassment and bullying witnessed this year – something it tied directly to the Trump campaign: 90% of K–12 educators that the organization surveyed said that their school climate had been adversely affected by the racist, nationalist, sexist rhetoric of the Presidential campaign.

Technology 40

Technology Education Pearson Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I wrote “an explainer” of sorts on Thiel and his politics, and I listed the education companies that he’s invested in. To be honest, think Thiel and his ed-tech politics have more in common with the rest of Silicon Valley than those that feign outrage at his support of Trump. women of groping and sexual assault.

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” Via KJZZ : “ Arizona Board Of Education Replaces Common Core State Standards.” My bet is he joins the Trump administration; Edsurge thinks he’ll start a new company. The IMF has invested $15 million in test prep company BYJU’s. The English-language learning company has raised $15.25

Education 40

Education Coursera lynda.com LMS 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

” I’ll be adding student loan company Quiklo to the ed-tech dead pool. Via Campus Technology : “Digital credentials company Credly is adopting the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL), a common markup language designed to improve discoverability of certifications, badges and other verified achievements.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via Education Week : “Even When States Revise Standards, the Core of the Common Core Remains.” ” “Film company behind Love Actually to open school in London,” The Guardian reports. Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Fired testing company seeks $25.3

Education 47

Education OER Pearson Report 47

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

When surveyed about seven potential reforms to strengthen American identity, more than half of Democrats and Republicans alike said civic education for all students in kindergarten through 12th grade would have the biggest impact. As the old adage goes, “What gets tested, gets taught.”. The substance of social studies.

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Study Common Core Report Training 112

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” I’m a little surprised that either of these women – both Democrats, both Common Core supporters, if nothing else – would be under serious consideration. ” Palantir is the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and funded in part by the CIA. is disappointed in Common Core.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” Related via Buzzfeed : “133 Tech Companies Say Trump’s Immigration Order Is Unconstitutional.” The learn-to-code company with the derogatory name has previously raised $730,000.

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40