Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Along with a software engineer, he started a nonprofit, EdNudge , to build tools that would help schools deliver personalized nudges to students and parents via text automatically. I want to see this built, but I don’t want to run a company,” Bergman tells EdSurge. The company recently raised $3.5

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The subprime lending crisis of 2008, however, was a clear example of people being sold the American Dream without being given the tools to realize it. Collectively, college dropouts owe a staggering $1.35 In just one year (2010), the cost of college dropouts was $4.5 The same phenomenon is true in higher education.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

Companies like Amazon and Netflix have been using data tools like these for years to track our clicks and steer us to buy or watch more of their products. James Wiley is a technology analyst with Eduventures, which does consulting work for companies in the predictive analytics industry. Trying to keep students in school.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

For two years we’ve had sort of a petri dish of experimenting with learning online,” said Anant Agarwal, chief platform officer of the online program management company 2U and former CEO of edX, the online provider created by MIT and Harvard and sold last year to 2U for $800 million.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2016

Statistically, almost half of school dropouts do so because they don’t see the relevance. Select the type of expert you’d like based on occupation, company, or industry (optional if you don’t have a preference). If desired, attach documents potential presenters can review to prepare.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 2, 2016

I grew up in my parent’s motel and attended local urban public schools, which had a dropout rate of 40 percent. I closed a deal with Mark for $250,000 in exchange for a 20 percent equity stake in my test-prep company. Since working with Mark, the company has expanded into 20 new sites throughout the country.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

You’re just using the tool we’re all familiar with. That F often transposed into poor work reports or lateral/downward movements in the company. University of California, California high school dropouts cost state $46.4 You’re not alone—everyone uses this traditional method to some degree, subconsciously and with intentionality.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Discovery Education will also provide Professional Learning to 100 teachers to address the challenges of remote instruction, enabling them to access a diverse set of new digital tools to help them deliver online lessons to students effectively. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

Now we hear from Julia Dexter, co-founder of Squiggle Park, a game-based reading company. And I know that we have the capacity on the technology side to work with educators to provide fantastic tools. To collaborate is not to give up your time or compromise, but to make you feel inspired about what we teach.

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techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

.) – for individualizing instruction using real-time data from an engaging adaptive learning tool to boost elementary classroom performance. The company provides innovative solutions for pre-K through 12th grade that empower districts to implement successful online and blended learning programs.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s worried that, rather than advancing our human potential, many edtech companies and universities are perpetuating the status quo. Siemens also serves on the advisory board of learning analytics company Civitas Learning and is a mentor to startups in Intel’s Education Accelerator. Our technology is our ideology,” Siemens says.

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MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Campbell Soup Company shared why real food matters. Whether advocating for world-class education resources or planning a toy drive for Christmas, Lisa never wavers in her dedication to provide every student with the tools and resources they need for success. Cielito Lindo presented the math of proofs in alcohol volume.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Canvas , whiteboards and a company called Blackboard. hulking gathering of higher-ed technology staff, faculty and companies. hulking gathering of higher-ed technology staff, faculty and companies. Switches, routers, panels and projectors. Cornhole, crane games, magic shows and light-up swords. Solution: offer happier prompts?).

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

One way is through acquisitions like the one his university made of the Claremont School of Theology in California, or CST, which is being moved to the Salem, Oregon, campus of Willamette, just as private companies consolidate to increase their size and cost-effectiveness. Speeding this up has become a promotional tool.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

We’ve seen stories about a dropout factory, or a district school where only a small percentage of students are proficient in math or reading (and not getting any better with time or interventions or waivers). Immediate data visualization is a powerful tool that enables truly personalized interaction and differentiated instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

On a laptop in the nearly empty office, he worked on code for a webpage he was developing for his employer, the learning materials company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In half an hour, he needed to join a conference call about changes to the company’s website. He had been at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for four months. in February 2019.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

An intelligent learning platform (ILP) for schools and universities might be the tool you’ll start using soon if you’re a teacher, academic institution leader, student, or parent. Today, edtech companies are actively working on taking digitization even further by converting the traditional LMS into an intelligent learning platform (ILP).

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Yet this is about more than counselor numbers; students are pressing for an array of tools and, critically, a culture shift. Grace Baker, a senior majoring in psychology at Concordia University Wisconsin, learns to use a tool to calm her breathing in one of many spaces on campus for students to relieve stress.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

With so many web tools out there that solve math problems, it’s easy for Brown’s online students to find a shortcut to answers and the calculations that go with them. Algebra I is the air you breathe to be in STEM,” said Nathan Levenson, a former CEO of a crane-manufacturing company and later a school superintendent in Massachusetts.

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GoConqr

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Dropout rates increase, test and project scores dip, and – worst of all – learning becomes synonymous with boredom. For example, according to the business intelligence company DOMO, each minute there are an average of: 571 new websites created. If this imbalance isn’t a cause for concern among educators, it should be. 277,000 tweets.

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IAD Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Real big data processing requires a set of specific computing tools capable of dealing with the complexity of the 4 Vs. Data Analysis. Taking action is a matter of leadership and culture : Leadership because analytics triggered actions need to be fully supported by the leadership team of your institution, school, company, etc.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The company promised to revolutionize how students were taught, except without teachers. The company measured its success based on a curriculum created directly from the test; as it turns out, the company profited off the students' lesson progression.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Forty-nine percent subscribe to product delivery plans , from meal kits to shaving supplies to media, including streaming and music platforms, according to the consulting firm McKinsey & Company. SNHU, in a collaboration with the education company Pearson, is testing AI grading.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2018

Many education technology companies do the opposite: they deepen the moat around the castles of affluence. Many education technology companies do the opposite: they deepen the moat around the castles of affluence. These back-office tools can make a big impact.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2019

I was concerned and afraid of what might happen to her, but you cannot cut their wings,” said Aranda, an operations manager for a talent supply chain company. And without the benefit of parents’ college-going experience, they have fewer tools to navigate college bureaucracies and day-to-day campus life.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Polygenic scores are a potentially useful new scientific tool. Already, several companies sell reports to consumers that incorporate polygenic scores for health or various physical characteristics — despite the fact that the scores are not perfect forecasters of a person’s future.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

For the last two years, Summit has set out to replicate its success, not by opening more Summit schools, but by offering other schools free tools, training and support to transform themselves. But now, I love school math, because I’m learning better.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. Developed by a company now called Edgenuity , the platform is available for all K-12 subjects. “It Classrooms were off a hallway with locked doors at both ends.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Credit: Kavitha Cardoza for The Hechinger Report Federal funds paid for a private company to run an afterschool academic recovery program at El Coquí this school year. It’s the only tool they have to rise above poverty,” he said. “It We’ve never seen such a need in the history of Puerto Rico,” he said. “We It can change their lives.”

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? I mean, clearly the company has a strong grasp on the politics of information. ” The Google blog post announcing “ Course Kit ,” a tool that will integrate Google Drive with the LMS. .”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

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. She’s an investor in a company that targets that group.)

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.”

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. At stake: "technology companies have long used to hook students on their brands for life." Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” Via CNBC : “ Google , Apple and 13 other companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. ” The company has raised $16.5 The digital clicker company has raised $49.4 Top Hat has raised $7.5

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” Reminder: here are the education companies Palantir founder Peter Thiel has invested in. Via Edsurge : “What Colleges Should Know About A Growing ‘ Talent Strategy ’ Push By Companies.” Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage this week, knocking many education companies who use AWS offline.

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

As if applying for financial aid wasn’t difficult enough already, it appears that the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, which pulls tax information into the FAFSA app, “ will be unavailable for several weeks.” Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.”

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