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Early Edtech Giant PowerSchool Goes Public

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Companies like to talk about their journey in raising money and growing over time, and one waypost for such journeys is to reach the ringing bells of a stock-market debut. heard those bells today, as the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange—though the initial price ended up on the low end of expectations.

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Popular K-12 Tool Edmodo Shuts Down

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Edmodo is permanently shuttering , the company announced late Monday. It’s no longer viable “for us to maintain the level of service you deserve and that we can take pride in ourselves,” the company wrote in an online explanation of its closure. What Happens To The Data? It's so sad!” wrote one educator on Twitter.

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When Education Giants Stumbled and Data Ruled

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They were the most powerful companies in education. They bought other companies to try to blend assessment and curriculum as they also continued publishing. On the other hand, companies like Curriculum Associates took the path of blended learning and have seen significant growth driven by a technology-first model.

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Hobsons’ Higher Ed Business Split and Sold in Separate Deals Totaling $410M

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Some of that data is shared with Intersect, which is sold to colleges and universities to support their recruitment and enrollment efforts. But it has been actively expanding its portfolio, purchasing nearly a dozen edtech companies over the past five years. The two products complement one another.

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Who Should Truly Have the Power in K-12 Edtech Adoption?

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Enterprise, a battle droid, or a replica of the Elder Wand emblazoned with a slick company logo? No one would deny the coolness factor of the wand, but that’ll only take a product so far (and will probably bankrupt the company in legal fees). The data shouldn’t come as a surprise. Rather, the magical elixir isn’t magical at all.

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The Long Life of a Data Trail

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Within educational technology, tech companies can acquire data via multiple routes. BetterLesson is an example of a site like this - a teacher creates an account, and only teacher data gets collected. A fourth model that collects both learner and parent data includes apps for kids, marketed either to parents or to children.

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Battle of the Classrooms: Apple, Google, Microsoft Vie for K-12 Market

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It’s terribly confusing, but perhaps no coincidence, that three of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies—Apple, Google, Microsoft—each boast a “Classroom” tool aimed at K-12 educators and students. integrate with more than 30 different learning management systems such as Canvas, Schoology or even Google Classroom.

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