Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

Employees report higher productivity , greater efficiency and less stress , while companies can benefit from lower real estate costs and an expanded talent pool. My former company, Big Universe ( now acquired ) was a fully-virtual operation. We were small, but often credited for operating like a nimble, large company.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2023

Their Facebook pages contain not just announcements but photos from events on campus—graduations, Christmas band concerts, chess team tournament victories, spirit week—where students take center stage. For instance, it is increasingly recognized that predictive policing companies regularly collect and utilize public social media data.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2022

A consultant recently noticed a company announcement about the features in the U.K. Facebook Classes for Events ‘Classes’ is new event type which can be selected when creating a new online event on Facebook. The service is an extension of the company’s paid live events feature.

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Digital Promise

MAY 28, 2021

According to a December 2020 survey, more than 70 percent of teachers in Verizon Innovative Learning Schools reported feeling prepared for distance learning, with 93 percent crediting the program with making aspects of remote instruction easier to implement. The Halo Award is not the only recognition the program has received this year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

For one, the poll of about 1,000 parents with kids under the age of 18—conducted by public opinion and data company YouGov—found that parents have more positive feelings about their kids using tech in the classroom, as opposed to at home. The information also gets passed onto Microsoft’s engineering team.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

Across the massive, brightly colored expo hall at ISTE 2019 , the annual education technology conference where companies display and demo their latest gadgets, upgrades and software, several vendors showcased the new skills they have developed for Alexa-enabled devices.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

There are efforts to collect and share offerings from companies that want to help impacted schools. NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit philanthropy that funds schools and educational companies, has also started a list. Check out these EdSurge reported articles and op-eds on the topic. Don’t Pitch Them Right Now.

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 6, 2020

By Devishobha Chandramouli Virtual events have been rising in popularity steadily over the last few years, but the COVID crisis seems to have skyrocketed the popularity of virtual conferences, with several companies even canceling their annual place-based conferences and switching to virtual conferences.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

based membership association will no longer hold its annual education technology conferences, once staple events for industry leaders. Its 2020 summer conference, originally scheduled for May, convened virtually—but not without losing substantial revenue that it normally generated from its in-person event. billion in U.S.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

after the company told investors to expect greater losses than previously expected. On the company’s earnings call Tuesday, 2U CEO Christopher “Chip” Paucek revised its guidance to expect a net loss of between $151.5 Despite all this, the company reported a boost in revenue, with $135.5 million and $157.5

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

And career preparation here isn’t just a buzzword but more like a guiding principle: When the end-of-day bell sounds, some children transition from students to employees of the district, and earn $10 an hour for working on a variety of projects for local technology companies. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Today one of the largest providers of course-management software for colleges and schools, Blackboard, announced that it plans to merge with Anthology, a company formed last year from the combination of three other edtech companies. Blackboard is one of the largest LMS providers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

Furthermore, in September 2020, UNICEF reported that 1 billion children worldwide aren't learning at all. If this event has passed, find another online event and join in. ” The Nation’s Report Card. Andrea is noticing what many teachers are saying: students are struggling with reading stamina. Try the Literal App.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2020

Join this free online event to help discover how virtual volunteering can help your students build SEL skills. Roots to Empathy , MindUp ) Dr. Kim has over 100 publications in scholarly journals, book chapters, and reports and has edited two books on mindfulness in education, including a co-edited book (with Dr. Robert W.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

The 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report launched last week at an event in Montevideo, Uruguay, hosted by UNESCO, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay and Ceibal Foundation with 18 ministers of education from around the world. Using technology can improve some types of learning in some contexts.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

Erica Kryst, executive director of Cornell Career Services, said that in more than 10 years working in this field, she has seen employers — especially big companies in finance, consulting and tech — increasingly focus on college juniors they hire as interns rather than on seniors applying for full-time jobs. He earned a $500 stipend.

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Neo LMS

JULY 29, 2021

A recent report shared by Google and KPMG reveals that the education tech industry would cater to about 9.6 These include social media interaction, collecting first-hand data during a one-on-one discussion at events, and engaging in customer focus groups online and in person. million users and record a market share of $1.96 Conclusion.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

That’s the industry lingo for companies valued at $10 billion or more. It’s an ultra-exclusive club of two dozen companies across the world, according to CB Insights. Byju’s is the newest member—thanks to an investment from technology investment firm Bond, which values the company at $10.5

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Think of the giant digital companies formed by founders who met in a dorm (most notably, Facebook and Microsoft). The giant financial services company, Citicorp, for example, is among hundreds of big firms that have opened opportunities for students and college graduates.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2022

That development is perhaps not surprising given the fact that many school and social activities migrated online during the past two years, says Mike Robb, senior director of research at the nonprofit Common Sense Media, which recently released a research report detailing the findings.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

spike in coronavirus cases, which currently numbers around 118 cases in 16 states , is leaving the edtech conference industry with an existential (if not quite Shakespearean) question at the start of its busy events season: to host or not to host? education or edtech event organizer has canceled or postponed their upcoming conferences.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Back in June, the former CEO of Bleacher Report agreed to have coffee with Brett and David Kopf, the co-founders of Remind. Yet he was struck by Remind’s mission, along with the “immense capability and market positioning that the company has carved in the education ecosystem.” They’ve also raised more than $59.5

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2019

Before they founded a company together, Freddy Vega and Christian Van Der Henst were rivals. They had two different companies that provided services to Flash programmers until a combination of the programming language’s decline in popularity with the global recession killed business in the early 2010s. For the U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Virtually every business you can think of has been hit–cybercriminals have targeted the pipelines we rely on for oil and gas; the hospitals we turn to in times of need, even the social media companies where we connect. One cybersecurity firm reported that this was the 50 th attack on US schools this year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2021

This digital program highlights a number of important leaders and events that have impacted America. With one in five high school seniors reporting that they have misused prescription drugs, this topic is important for every high school. Time Required: 5 Lessons for 15 minutes each – 75 minutes total. Cultural Literacy.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

We called it “The State of EdTech: Forces and Trends Shaping K12 Edtech” report. Part Two: The Funding Figuring out how to fund the development of education technology continued to be complex: Investors in US edtech startups hit a high-water mark in 2015 with US companies raising $1.45

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Students continue to struggle against persistent educational inequities, and while they report worrisome levels of disengagement, a move toward student-directed learning could help students and educators alike find a better path toward impactful learning experiences. a global edtech software and solutions company.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2022

OTCQB:GAXY) (“Galaxy” or the “Company”), a provider of interactive learning technology solutions, has offered a complimentary one-year (school year) subscription for its G2 Visual Alerts security solution to every school and school district in the U.S. Company Contact. We hope that every school across the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Photo: Andre Perry for The Hechinger Report. In the past five years, attendance at the event has been on the upswing, with an average of 65,000 fans attending each year. It’s a prime event to draw attention to black talent in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2020

Cybercriminals have long used current events and social trends to spread malware and maximize the impact and dissemination of malicious campaigns, and for the past few weeks, cybercriminals have increasingly exploited the coronavirus for social engineering campaigns designed to infect online accounts and systems.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

But if shorter hours of sunlight and the stress of gift-giving has you ready to welcome in the new year, we’ve got one more thing to look forward to: a year’s worth of events with educators and edtech entrepreneurs sharing the latest trends and ideas around the future of learning. based events. Can’t make any of these events?

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2022

Just because edtech companies work outside of the classroom doesn’t mean they can’t position themselves as a support system inside the classroom. These actions allow companies to say that they’ve listened to teachers, but they aren’t adequate for truly understanding what would make their products transformative for teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

They give companies another reason to stop relying principally on academic degrees when hiring, since candidates who are Black are less likely than white candidates to have one , according to the U.S. Caitlin Storhaug, director of global recruiting communications, McKinsey & Company. Credit: Emma Harris for The Hechinger Report.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

NEW YORK — Social-first media company, The News Movement (TNM) today announced a new partnership with EXPLR Media (EXPLR), an organization which produces and shares educational videos and curriculum for students in the US. The two companies will collaborate on developing educational news content aimed at grade 7-12 children.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

By July 2021, 72 percent of undergraduates said that their awareness of social justice issues had increased over the preceding year, and just under half reported that their involvement in social justice efforts was impacting their career choices, according to a survey by Best Colleges. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 6, 2020

A number of organizations, some who are quasi-government entities and some who are for-profit companies, continue to create pay-to-play events in education. Companies love these ideas because it’s “like shooting fish in a barrel,” as one industry source said to the Learning Counsel. Quid pro quo dealing has serious consequences.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 30, 2016

When I worked as a public radio reporter, I rarely went to conferences or trade shows. Now that I’ve made the transition to startup CEO, some conferences are must-attend events. As a small company it’s hard to be heard over the noise (and the smell of popcorn). It’s not where you found the news. One of them is ISTE.

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