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As Seattle schools sue social media companies, what’s the legal impact?

eSchool News

A notable new lawsuit against social media industry leaders by the Seattle school district has left legal experts divided on how the case will unfold. Meanwhile, the social media companies named in the lawsuit emphasized their own commitments to teen and child safety. ByteDance did not respond to a request for comment.

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The Game Agency Named to 2019 Training Industry Top 20TM Gamification Companies List

The Game Agency

Stamford, CT – July 30, 2019 – The Game Agency has been named to the 2019 Top Training Companies List for the gamification sector of the learning and development market for the third year in a row. Company size and growth potential. Innovativeness of offerings. Quality and number of clients/users. says Managing Partner, Stephen Baer.

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EverFi Rocks the Edtech Industry With $190 Million Fundraise

Edsurge

EverFi is a rare breed of education technology company that can boast a wide reach. Last summer, the company held its retreat at a Native American reservation in Montana, where a team had been introducing its financial education offerings. Making this model work, Wincup says, is one of the company’s “trade secrets.to

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

Edsurge

This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. It’s hard to remember now, but many industry colleagues felt edtech was a frothy market in 2017. NYSE: PWSC), Duolingo, Inc.

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Digital security and safeguarding student and staff data

Neo LMS

However, it’s very hard to keep up with everything, since most of those norms have been designed based on other industries (financial student data must comply with financial laws, while healthcare data with healthcare laws, etc.). To some extent, they do. I believe nobody is particularly proud of these results.

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School ed tech money mostly gets wasted. One state has a solution 

The Hechinger Report

Meanwhile, with more than 11,000 ed tech products on the market and companies sometimes making extravagant claims about their effectiveness, it’s often impossible to determine which products work and which don’t. Because of these requirements, some companies opt out of partnering, said Ames. School districts will have to make choices.”

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US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

Edsurge

education technology industry appears on track to surpass the amount of investor funding tallied in recent years. For the first half of 2019, the industry saw $962 million raised across 65 deals, the highest amount of funding at the halfway mark since at least 2015. edtech companies in the first half of 2019.

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