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Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘Adversarial Narrative’ With Public School Teachers

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From bigwig financiers to bankers, along with heads of private and publicly-traded education technology companies, the gathering attracted around 900 attendees last week to share the opportunities and challenges in the industry this year. Based Education Technology Companies (2011-2016). billion in venture funding.) Candee concurred.

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Capstone Names Haygood Poundstone as Chief Revenue Officer

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Capstone, an innovative learning company merging children’s content with easy-to-use edtech tools for K-5 classrooms, libraries, and homes, has named Haygood Poundstone as Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to his time at Capstone, Poundstone held a variety of leadership positions at Lightspan and PLATO (now Edmentum).

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Strategy, Serendipity, Sleepless Nights: 3 Edtech CEOs on ‘Great Exits’

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At the time, he was part of PLATO Learning, a school instructional software vendor now known as Edmentum. PLATO had reportedly spent about $50 million to buy another company to expand the school grades it serviced. Todd Brekhus learned a lesson in effective communication back in 2003.

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Which Edtech Companies Are Listening to Teachers?

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From time to time, Jeff Livingston gets a call from an entrepreneur looking for advice about getting into the edtech market. As founder of the Center for Education Market Dynamics, Livingston has spent the better part of two decades thinking about how to get edtech innovations to the students who need them most.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 10 dedicated educators

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Hatcher’s guidance, Akron Public Schools partnered with Edmentum to integrate cutting-edge learning technologies, harnessing their full potential to enhance learning outcomes. Our online school and EdOptions Academy, Edmentum Services, has really provided us with the flexibility to meet the needs of families as soon as they arrive.

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When Education CEOs and Bigwig Financiers Go ‘Back to School’

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If ASU+GSV Summit is the edtech industry’s playground for dealmaking, this is the VIP club for its financiers. Early-stage education entrepreneurs were also in short supply; word in the halls was that private companies were expected to be making $15 million-plus in revenue to get a formal invite. trillion will be spent on U.S.

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17 Hero Awards finalists demonstrate their commitment to education

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Nominee: Laura Johnson , Apex Learning Virtual School Nominated by: Edmentum. Mira used the PDF export feature in Book Creator and worked with a local printing company to print physical copies of their books, which she presented to students in a big reveal once they were back in the classroom!

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