eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2022

While teachers know their students need help developing social emotional skills, they rarely have time or adequate training to focus on them in the classroom, according to a new survey from ReadTheory , an edtech company that helps students build reading comprehension skills. In the wake of the disruption of the pandemic, U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Helping students write and reason clearly, critically and concisely is the central mission at her company, ThinkCERCA. Today the Chicago-based company has raised $10.1 This framework informs how ThinkCERCA designs its literacy instructional materials and lessons. “Like how to write an email.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While teachers know their students need help developing social emotional skills, they rarely have time or adequate training to focus on them in the classroom, according to a survey from ReadTheory , an edtech company that helps students build reading comprehension skills. In the wake of the disruption of the pandemic, U.S.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

When combined with other sources, one estimate places this figure as high as $10 billion annually, with $200 million of that spent on digital instructional materials. Highly fragmented, these organizations often serve small numbers of learners and have very limited budgets for instructional materials.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company is excited to announce new and enhanced math and reading solutions that engage and inspire students to learn, while giving educators the evidence-based instructional resources they need to accelerate learning and help all students achieve. “At To learn more, visit Savvas Learning Company.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The company was among more than 30 publishers that made the adoption list. Adopted materials are available for purchase now to public schools and districts in South Carolina. The Committee reviews all instructional materials in light of the state content standards.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Complementing these materials on the instructional content platform are lesson plans and assessments aligned to state learning standards organized by subject and grade. The New York-based company has now raised more than $172 million in venture capital. The company has been on a hiring spree. million teachers.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

“With COVID-19 jeopardizing in-school learning, we expect the widespread adoption of edtech software to continue, and this is not a short-term trend,” says Jeff Lieberman, a managing director at Insight Partners, a private equity firm that has backed nearly two dozen education companies. In the first half of 2020, U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The 2022 National Assessment of Education Progress – the Nation’s Report Card – revealed the average fourth-grade reading score was lower than all previous assessment years going back to 2005, dropping back to 1992 levels. Research on reading instruction has been very clear for more than 20 years.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

October 1, 2018 – RALEIGH, North Carolina – More students and parents will receive Lexile and Quantile scores on high stakes test reports this school year than ever before. In all other states, Lexile and Quantile measures are used and reported at local levels.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2022

ReadTheory , an edtech company that helps students build reading comprehension skills, announced the findings of its new survey of nearly 1,700 teachers to get their insights into the challenges of implementing social emotional learning (SEL) programs in today’s tumultuous educational environment. students are struggling.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

portion of its K-12 business, which includes print and digital curriculum and instructional materials. In its latest earnings update, the company confirmed that it is indeed moving ahead with such plans. Under his tenure, Pearson has embarked on a rocky transition to refocus Pearson as a digital-focused education company.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The reports make it easy to see which skills the students need to work on, and provides the instructional materials to reinforce them.”. “We Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, empowers educators through adaptive assessment and personalized instruction. About Lexia Learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

About 95 Percent Group Founded in 2005, 95 Percent Group is an education company whose mission is to help educators identify and address the needs of all readers. We design rigorous research studies, multifaceted data analytic reporting, and dynamic content to disseminate insights. for the pilot school vs. 0.31

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Our governments need to be working in partnership with tech companies to put the Netflix of online learning into action,” she added. “I Virtual tools give students alternative ways to grasp material, and to complete and submit their work. I don’t understand why that isn’t happening — now.”. Many experts have the same question.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In addition, the company also demonstrated its commitment to making its robust research base clear and accessible to the public. Founded in 2005, 95 Percent Group is an education company whose mission is to help educators identify and address the needs of all readers. About 95 Percent Group. Visit www.LXDResearch.com.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2023

Leo Salvatore is one of 3,000 online tutors for the company Paper, whose business has boomed with the pandemic. Screenshot from Zoom interview with Jill Barshay of The Hechinger Report.). Salvatore’s employer is Paper, which is based in Montreal, Canada and says it is the largest online tutoring company in the United States.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the “nation’s report card,” last month revealed the extent of the learning decline during the pandemic. Idaho started a $50 million program so that eligible families can buy education-related items, from online instructional materials to tutoring services.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

companies like Coursera are raising hundreds of millions at billion-dollar valuations. It proves that there is appetite among investors for helping education companies serving the European market.” Source: Brighteye Ventures: “ The European EdTech Funding Report 2020.” In the U.S., As in the U.S.,

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Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

A day late perhaps, but here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. And it's up to tech companies to make that clear — not bury it in privacy policies no one reads. and suspect there will be more to come.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

She emailed the company to learn that it was not. “It Horton, who teaches math and writing to fourth- and fifth-graders at Fremont Elementary School in Springfield, Missouri, says this is the first program that she and a coworker have found that meets their needs for math and writing instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2020

colleges and universities are working to deal with the public health and logistical implications of the coronavirus in a global emergency, we’re seeing a rushed move to use online education tools, often from private, for-profit companies. higher education. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Full-service VTTC members, like FEV Tutor, will provide end-to-end services, including instructional materials, tutoring platforms and trained tutors. “We Those findings are regularly shared with teachers to help them evaluate student growth and course success as well as deliver data-driven instruction.

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Instructional Materials Assessment Education Analysis 88

techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

The state is reviewing new science instructional materials for the first time in 12 years to help science teachers succeed in teaching students the latest standards. They have submitted new print and digital science materials that were written specifically to align with the state’s new standards. All standards, all students.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Some states, such as Nevada, also restrict the use of state supplemental academic intervention funds to programs that meet federal research standards and are elevating the importance of evidence-based and high-quality instructional materials. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

ClassVR, the company’s solution, is a full turnkey VR and AR offering for classrooms, teachers, and education. Curriculum Associates , pulling from i-Ready diagnostics data, released reports on what’s happening with unfinished learning related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2019

in English literature and was the lead reviewer in a December 2019 study of online instructional materials. “But you have to have the excitement of digging into the text. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report. teachers use it, according to the company. Fordham Foundation.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2018

In other words, as the business reaches more students, the company generates higher revenue and more value—financially and with social impact. Schools were unhappy with both the cost and the quality of the instructional materials available. Sometimes a CEO has to take a company in a new strategic direction.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

When one of today’s hottest edtech companies was founded, Intel Corp., the kingpin of computer chip companies, was barely a year old, and the microprocessor had not yet been invented. pulled off another intriguing move: Creating a way to support a public university without losing its edge as a private company. That’s huge.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. Of those who do enroll at universities on the island, fewer than half earn degrees, even after six years , the advocacy group Excelencia in Education reports, compared to more than 58 percent of college students nationwide.

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2016

Educators agree that all students deserve access to all instructional materials. When institutions identify accessibility as a priority, all members of that institution have a duty to participate in the process of creating accessible tools and materials.

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techlearning

APRIL 19, 2018

NYSE: RST) Company, today announced that Lexia Reading Core5® has been named by the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) as an approved provider of early interactive reading software for literacy instruction and assessment for grades K–3. BOSTON (April 19, 2018) – Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone Inc.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 9, 2016

The investment company Weld North Holdings LLC today announced its acquisition of Performance Matters, a student assessment and data analytics company that it will merge with Truenorthlogic, a K-12 ed-tech business focused on continuous educator improvement. million were reported to Inc. million were reported to Inc.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Resources include instructional materials, new NGSS transition customization services and free guides. Material from a press release was used in this report. For states that are adopting the NGSS but then tailoring them to their specific needs, Accelerate Learning has developed customized versions of STEMscopes NGSS.

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Instructional Materials Company Assessment Report 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

In the absence of answers to this question, it is too easy for teachers and administrators to become unwitting brand ambassadors for companies seeking to integrate their products into the classroom, regardless of impact on student learning and success. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 48

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

In a recent edWebinar , Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director of SETDA, offered highlights from the report, and Ryan Kocsondy, Director of Connecticut Education Network (CEN), gave an inside look at why Connecticut schools don’t worry about running out of bandwidth. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.

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