The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. All three of these companies try to hook prospective users with claims on their websites about their products’ effectiveness. Some companies are trying to gain a foothold in a crowded market. Video: Sarah Butrymowicz.

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Company Pearson E-rate Software 145

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Companies that are committed to diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI) provide products and services that authentically and accurately reflect the learners they serve—whoever they are and wherever they live. DEI, in general, can translate to different actions for every company, but all initiatives are rooted in the same values.

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Accessibility Guidelines EdTech Company 150

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It was quickly followed by several competing AI systems: Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing search engine, Google’s Bard, and Meta’s Llama 2. And like so many technologies before it, companies are now in a rush to find ways to monetize and adopt AI, applying the technology to customer service, law enforcement, transportation–and education.

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Education Data Training Company 128

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2023

The number of edtech products schools access in a typical month has tripled since four years ago to more than 1,400 tools, according to a recent estimate by Learn Platform, an edtech company that helps schools manage tech. Keeping a Safe Distance The companies that work with schools are aware of this concern.

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EdTech Coursera Data Company 111

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

With little to no oversight from government or industry regulators to hold them accountable, companies can ride into town with a new product and lofty claims. There are also some companies that invest heavily in third-party assessments, hoping they will be arbiters of what students know. Edtech evaluation is currently the Wild West.

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EdTech Data Outcomes Company 128

Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2021

Udemy has become one of the best-funded companies in edtech, having raised another $80 million earlier this year, bringing its total raised to nearly $300 million. The company lets anyone create and offer an online course on its platform, which has become the largest of its kind. First, some background.

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Udemy Course Guidelines Company 145

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2019

The principles highlight five key points: Notice and Awareness: Parents, students and other users must be notified that district systems are collecting their data. . While the FTC’s principles provide guidelines for keeping student data safe, they can also create obstacles for schools.

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Symantec Data Meeting Guidelines 288

Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 24, 2023

Last month, a lawsuit was filed by California parents alleging another online monitoring software company illegally collected students’ personal data, including location data, without their consent and sold it to third-party vendors. Lightspeed Systems fully complies with COPPA and students are not allowed to sign up for any of our solutions.

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Student Data Privacy Data EdTech Internet Safety 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Its goal is to not only provide schools the resources they need to pick equitable ed tech products, but also to hold ed tech companies accountable for tools that could negatively affect historically underrepresented students. Hebbar said tech companies’ claim that they don’t track race because of data privacy issues is a cop-out. “If

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EdTech Company Data Software 116

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2023

However, in practice, the test-optional system is far more exclusionary than mandatory testing requirements ever were. The glaringly unfair aspect of “test-optional” guidelines is that wealthy students know it’s a meaningless distinction; lower-income students with less access to college counselors, however, do not.

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Guidelines Report Accessibility System 90

EmergingEdTech

APRIL 20, 2023

Learn how different districts have navigated the complex process of choosing new SIS and ERP systems that weather decades of use. Curriculum guidelines can help. Edtech companies sell edtech. Be especially wary of companies who make bold claims without the (independent, peer-reviewed) proof to back them up.

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EdTech Survey Guidelines Social Media 92

The Innovative Educator

JULY 30, 2017

The importance of loudly, publicly, and fearlessly sharing our dissatisfaction with the school system and go beyond opinion. How companies can partner with schools to develop relationships that grow educator expertise and support student learning. Have the facts and research to back such views. Why we must stop agreeing to disagree.

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Company Guidelines Social Media Libraries 48

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In bringing affordable education to the workplace, companies like InStride, Guild, Degreed and EdAssist are addressing the biggest issues in higher education: career relevance and student debt. DreamBox, (another portfolio company) invests in efficacy research led by independent third-parties including Harvard and SRI International.

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Trends EdTech Education Company 169

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 4, 2018

For example, if a student is on their ChromeBook and they decide to go to Google and search for suicide, an email gets sent automatically out of the system to whoever we have it assigned to go to. Give them guidelines for how to behave. It’s based on triggers, usually by keywords. Well no, don’t do that. Vicki: That is so important.

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Digital Citizenship Guidelines Chromebook Google 183

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2023

These trends have led experts to say that the early education system is still in dire straits, and it will take more than one billionaire to fix it. That’s a bit more than $92,000 annually for a family of three, according to Bezos Academy eligibility guidelines for this school year. Some have accused the company of union busting.

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Accessibility Elementary Guidelines System 162

Neo LMS

MAY 21, 2019

Here are some basic guidelines for effective parent-teacher communication: Clarity. Parents should also receive information about the accounts that their children will be using, such as Microsoft 365 to log in to the school system. And edtech companies have taken notice of this trend.

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EdTech Competency Based Learning Examples LMS 300

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

EdTech 167

EdTech Company Training Guidelines 167

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Here are a few guidelines to help you create successful online PD for teachers: Establish what teachers need. In fact, they find much more than tips and tricks online, they find a veritable support system. Schools should follow the example of companies, and offer teachers more opportunities for PD. PD never ends.

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How To Personal Learning Network LMS Training 282

Digital Promise

JUNE 13, 2017

And while Symposium participants agreed this is a problem “someone” should address, it is clear that doing so will require many stakeholders working together to create systems level change. And, if we keep doing what we have been doing, we should not expect this outcome to change. This does not suit what respondents are interested in.”

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EdTech Guidelines Groups Survey 195

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

28, children’s media company Moonbug Entertainment partnered with Outright Games to launch CoComelon: Play with JJ on Nintendo Switch. The catalog of games for early learners played on a console system like Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo Switch is smaller compared to what’s available for older kids and teens. There’s no oversight.

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Video E-rate Mobility Tablets 176

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 8, 2022

” It is a systems-based approach that focuses on institutional change and measures outcomes in terms of student achievement. In order to ensure it is accessible for all students, educators can look at the WCAG, VPAT, and NIMAS guidelines before engaging it.

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Education Outcomes Common Core Guidelines 82

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 26, 2014

The theme revolves around how the systems of business and education often proclaim an affinity towards creativity of and by supervisors, employees, and stakeholders but in practice, actually stifle any actions that threaten the status quo. On the way to getting big, most companies [schools] turn into Giant Hairballs.

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Guidelines System Conference Company 158

Perry Hewitt

JUNE 30, 2019

Forget self-driving cars: Specific applications of AI in job candidate screening, loan approval, and security protocols require clear guidelines and transparency. An important caveat is that we should measure the risks of AI against what we have today versus an ideal world scenario: existing human systems are not free of bias.

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Guidelines Company Data System 60

EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Another problem is simply that youngsters’ immune systems aren’t mature enough, so they’re a more vulnerable population. Learn the government’s food safety practices and guidelines, and share them with everyone who needs to know, including volunteer parents and community members. Many aren’t vaccinated. Keep up with HVAC maintenance.

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How To Guidelines System Analysis 159

Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 23, 2020

As state-imposed lockdowns continue to hamper business activities, companies are finding out ways to mold themselves in this ‘new normal’ situation. It is worth noting that many universities and companies had online platforms in place, but they were not utilized much. Guidelines to help employees access various training materials.

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LMS Learning Training Company 76

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This system has helped many underrepresented minorities get into these Ivy League schools and excel.” That reality is why nonprofit advising groups like TeenSHARP toil alongside students, guiding them through an increasingly confounding admissions system. percent to 2.1 percent if affirmative action were banned.

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Report Meeting Guidelines Company 124

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2019

In some cases, the company also helped the applicants cheat on ACT or SAT tests, or took online classes for them to boost their applications. The Los Angeles-based company, called USA-UES, listed Rick Singer as its co-chairman as of Thursday. Officials for the company did not respond to our repeated requests for an interview.

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Company Facebook Guidelines Google 124

eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2021

BURLINGTON, VERMONT, August 4, 2021 – InSpace , a leading online communication platform built by educators for educators, is announcing a full integration with Canvas, the industry-leading learning management system (LMS) by Instructure , which serves 30 million teachers and students worldwide. AA, WCAG 2.1 About Instructure.

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LMS Classroom Guidelines Mobility 64

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 19, 2023

AI Action #5: Tips on Creating a Professional Voice Mail Greeting We also got a new phone system at work, and someone asked for tips on professional voicemail greeting. I want to express my gratitude for the opportunity to work with such a supportive and fragrant team at [Insert company name.] Was it written by human or AI?

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Classroom Data Tools Software 383

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2020

People with weakened immune systems, like Boyce, are at greater risk of getting severely sick with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Thousands more work for transportation companies that contract with public schools, colleges and private employers. So too are individuals over 60. School districts in the U.S.

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Guidelines Analysis Elementary Secondary 133

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

After each panelists explained the role of their part of the educational system, Dr. Viana asked them to dive deeper into the building blocks behind what it takes to create welcoming learning environments for bilingual students. Dr. Ester de Jong, Professor, University of Colorado Denver. What tone do we use when we communicate with parents?

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Policies Case Study Outcomes Guidelines 85

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

As college students head back to school, electric scooter companies want to help them get to class. Some cities, like San Francisco, issued cease-and-desist letters until officials and scooter operators agreed on how the companies can operate. The next battleground for scooter companies may be colleges and universities.

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Education Company Policies Guidelines 98

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 16, 2018

She had spoken to a bunch of the students in the city system and asked what would speak to them, what they would want as material to learn about digital citizenship. So I started with her, creating the social media guidelines for the New York City Department of Education. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Education Social Media Guidelines Twitter 193

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

As researchers focusing on education technology, we see this often: interactive whiteboards covered in posters, desktop computers holding up plants, older devices that do not work with a newer assessment system. A company or organization’s interests in positive findings can bias or lead to selective reporting about the findings.

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EdTech Comparison Study Groups 204

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2022

You want to do this cost-effectively without too much fuss over content development, and deliver the course from your existing Learning Management System in an efficient, easy manner. Most eLearning companies use the standard to develop SCORM- compliant content because it is interoperable. Guidelines for SCORM compliance.

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LMS Guidelines Knowledge Base Training 52

The Web20Classroom

OCTOBER 12, 2019

During my time visiting LEGO House (their new headquarters/museum/shire to all things LEGO, the LEGO Idea House and a LEGO Factory I learned things I didn't know about the company. Here are 5 things you might not know: LEGO started out as a wooden toy company in 1934. LEGO WeDo 2.0 Core Set-280 LEGO elements, WeDo 2.0 Smarthub, WeDo 2.0

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Robotics Software Training Guidelines 109

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2023

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Family Digital Safety Expert Chris McKenna (@protectyoungeyes) Balance Risk and Reward Only when technologies are held to different standards and guidelines for children, like many other countries outside the U.S., Implement an incident response system. © Shake Up Learning 2023.

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Policies Guidelines Social Media Outcomes 65