Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Among them are companies directly reaching out to teachers and administrators, offering to help ease that transition. Often, these pitches entail free or discounted software for products ranging from instructional materials to virtual conferencing tools. Still, she appreciates the sentiment from company officials. “I

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

“With COVID-19 jeopardizing in-school learning, we expect the widespread adoption of edtech software to continue, and this is not a short-term trend,” says Jeff Lieberman, a managing director at Insight Partners, a private equity firm that has backed nearly two dozen education companies. In the first half of 2020, U.S.

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EdTech PresenceLearning Company Trends 178

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 2, 2023

I’ve been thinking about AI training data a lot recently, partly because of the fascinating intersections and overlaps between (1) curating and annotating training data for AI models and (2) designing instructional materials for human learners.

Learning 124

Learning Training Study Instructional Materials 124

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The district’s purchase also includes Lexia Academy, the company’s eLearning platform offering on-demand professional learning courses. The academy gives the district’s educators access to “anytime, anywhere” support that helps them develop best practices for meaningful instruction when using Lexia products.

Elementary 86

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2016

As online course offerings increase, institutions have an obligation to ensure faculty are empowered to teach with tools that enable students to learn out loud. Educators agree that all students deserve access to all instructional materials. Faculty are the ones in the trenches developing content and activities for students.

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Accessibility Course Learning Company 60

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Buoyed by examples of new and significant commitments to OER by companies large and small, governments of all levels, and schools, it is easy to see that the future of instructional materials over the next decade will look very different than it has over the last decade. This is good news and cause for celebration.

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OER Instructional Materials Advocacy Meeting 170

Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2020

Lifelong learning” is an ideal often celebrated in education circles, and a new company is setting out to prove that the pursuit of new skills and knowledge doesn’t stop at age 55, 62 or whenever Social Security retirement benefits kick in in the future. Yet he would argue that the early traction his company has seen suggests otherwise.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

And earlier this month, the nonprofit announced that 13 education companies had become the first to earn the distinction. Last fall, Digital Promise invited about 100 companies to participate in beta testing. Thirty companies submitted an application, and of them, 13 earned the certification. The premise may sound simple.

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Education Company EdTech Instructional Materials 126

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Complementing these materials on the instructional content platform are lesson plans and assessments aligned to state learning standards organized by subject and grade. The New York-based company has now raised more than $172 million in venture capital. The company has been on a hiring spree. K-12 edtech industry.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JUNE 18, 2023

As we plot a course of action, we need systems to cease being those very gulfs that Tennyson mentions in “Ulysses” because we find ourselves once strong and triumphant, now beaten, broken, withered, and battered. McKiney & Company go on to say, “Students didn’t just lose academic learning during the pandemic. We are change.

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Education Company Instructional Materials System 84

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2023

“Once we can find the characteristics of the most socially appealing instructor, then we can use that for any lecture or presentation or instructional interaction,” he adds, noting that he is watching the development of ChatGPT and other agents closely as companies try to add voices and images to them for applications like virtual tutors.

Trends 155

Trends MOOC iPhone Instructional Materials 155

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

In education, the shuttering of campuses and classrooms has been a windfall for purely digital companies—some of which are attracting plenty of private capital. Substitute teacher services company Swing Education is creating private homeschools. Even before then, the company had already taken a big hit. “We

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EdTech Company Training Guidelines 167

Edsurge

JULY 5, 2019

As the leader of an education company, it was a sobering reminder of the complexities and responsibilities involved in creating curriculum. Of course, curriculum is only a small part of what’s needed to create culturally-responsive classrooms. To do this, educational companies need to rise to several key challenges.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2022

Teachers administer the Diagnostic at the beginning of the school year to chart a course for their instruction and to personalize i-Ready instructional paths. Teacher-led and personalized instruction continues throughout the year to help students address unfinished learning and access grade-level content.

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Assessment Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials Education 86

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

For her Schoolzilla company to continue to grow, it needed a larger sales division. based company up for acquisition talks. Schoolzilla, the company perhaps best known for its Mosaic dashboard product, has found a new home with Renaissance Learning , a Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc. The company claims to service a third of U.S.

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Data Assessment Company Learning 75

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Teachers administer the Diagnostic at the beginning of the school year to chart a course for their instruction and to personalize i-Ready instructional paths. Teacher-led and personalized instruction continues throughout the year to help students address unfinished learning and access grade-level content.

Assessment 76

Assessment Tools Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials 76

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2020

I taught that way for three years before switching to a model in which I served more like a facilitator for students as they worked through material independently. During in-person instruction, teachers then answer questions, facilitate discussions, and provide opportunities for problem-solving and applying skills learned online.

Learning 218

Learning Software Blended Learning Flipped Classroom 218

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Full-service VTTC members, like FEV Tutor, will provide end-to-end services, including instructional materials, tutoring platforms and trained tutors. “We Those findings are regularly shared with teachers to help them evaluate student growth and course success as well as deliver data-driven instruction.

Instructional Materials 61

Instructional Materials Assessment Education Analysis 61

Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Last summer, the San Francisco-based company invited several dozen educational publishers and organizations to create and sell materials to Quizlet users, as part of a closed beta program. Today, the company announced it is inviting any content creator, including individual educators, to apply for its Premium Content program.

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Pearson Kaplan Company Education 95

eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2021

The company, which was selected in part based on its evidence of success and capacity to deliver effective specialized assistance to meet the unique needs of schools across the state, will help educators in Grades K–8 address learning loss or unfinished learning using the award-winning i-Ready ® program. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.,

Differentiated Instruction 52

Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials Education Assessment 52

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Kiddom , a startup based in San Francisco, will offer core curriculum materials from the nonprofit publisher on its curriculum management system. Founded in 2013, the company has raised $21.5 million in investment to date. Both executives said more specific pricing will be finalized in 2020.

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Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 79

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2022

Teachers administer the Diagnostic at the beginning of the school year to chart a course for their instruction and to personalize i-Ready instructional paths. Teacher-led and personalized instruction continues throughout the year to help students address unfinished learning and access grade-level content.

Assessment 52

Assessment Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials Education 52

Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

Plus, their servers often have the RDP protocol enabled as students want to access course material from home. " Tagged on: April 28, 2017 Unroll.me's shadiness is exactly why people don't trust tech companies | Mashable → Users have a right to know exactly how and when their data is being used. ."

EdTech 150

EdTech Chromebook Policies Student Data Privacy 150

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

ClassVR, the company’s solution, is a full turnkey VR and AR offering for classrooms, teachers, and education. Kendall Hunt will offer a customized version of OpenSciEd’s high-quality middle school science instructional materials in a dynamic format through Kiddom’s comprehensive digital curriculum platform.

EdTech 121

EdTech Resources Tools Robotics 121

techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Herndon, Virginia, April 25, 2018 — Summit™ Math , a curriculum of adaptive online math courses from Fuel Education ®(FuelEd®), and Stride ™, FuelEd’s supplemental learning solution for skills practice for students in PreK–8 grade, were both selected as winners in The ComputED Gazette ’s 24th Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES).

Adaptive Learning 40

Adaptive Learning Instructional Materials Course Blended Learning 40

techlearning

APRIL 17, 2018

The company, which is the developer of The Lexile Framework for Reading and The Quantile Framework for Mathematics, created the centers as part of its ongoing commitment to providing tools and resources for making test scores actionable, putting students on the path to school, college and career success.

Resources 40

Resources Instructional Materials Differentiated Instruction Assessment 40

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Lesson material consists of short videos, text, and practice exercises, or challenges. The Math Get-Ready Courses introduce students to third to eighth grades algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus. The video courses allow students to learn at their pace, and teachers follow a student’s learning progress with recorded assignments.

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Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

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

techlearning

OCTOBER 10, 2018

October 10, 2018) – Following a comprehensive review, Florida’s Commissioner of Education, as recommended by the state’s Instructional Materials Reviewers, recently approved the adoption of the award-winning Discovery Education Science Techbook for statewide use as a core instructional resource through its state adoption process.

Classroom 41

Classroom Education STEM Differentiated Instruction 41

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

No longer relegated to using textbooks as their core instructional materials, teachers look to their institutions for help selecting, aggregating, and then delivering relevant content to their pupils. Of course, if the district has the right level of financing and support, the do-it-yourself LMS route is actually within reach.

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LMS Blended Learning Advocacy Company 40

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The study compared classrooms in which teachers opted to use the Front Row technology, and those that did not over the course of the 2014-2015 school year. In addition to the Front Row math program, the company also provides a language arts program through Front Row ELA, which include both writing and reading components.

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Study Instructional Materials Outcomes Analysis 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Elizabeth Bassford, Vice President of Content & Implementation, Curriculum Associates As the multidisciplinary nature of astronomy is recognized, schools should look to expand curriculums with more astronomy-focused courses in 2024. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

Trends 143

Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

A meaningful trend that has accelerated this year is the importance of having informed parents as stakeholders—it’s something most educators and edtech companies were already thinking about, but it has even more urgency now. Jeff Rubenstein, VP Product Strategy, Kaltura. Mike Teng, CEO and Co-Founder, Swing Education.

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EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 138

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

The company was renamed “Amplify.” Five years later, Berger led a management buyout of the company, backed by Emerson Collective. The new solutions result from an explosion of apps, companies, content and marketplaces over the past decade. Of course, not all schools and school systems implement core curriculum.

Instructional Materials 139

Instructional Materials Case Study Assessment Company 139

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2017

Often a life coach doesn’t even work for the company of the person they are coaching. In the education world, instructional coaches can be called by a teacher for help. Books, Videos, Courses, and Conferences. Teachers can find books, videos and courses to help them on an issue. Microcredits and Badges.

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Edcamps Game-Based Learning Conference Differentiated Instruction 287

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Elizabeth Bassford, Vice President of Content & Implementation, Curriculum Associates As the multidisciplinary nature of astronomy is recognized, schools should look to expand curriculums with more astronomy-focused courses in 2024. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — March 16, 2022 — Savvas Learning Company , a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, launched today several new summer learning solutions to support school districts in addressing unfinished learning in math and literacy. ABOUT SAVVAS LEARNING COMPANY. To learn more, visit Savvas Learning Company.

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Instructional Materials Assessment Learning Company 57