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Khan Academy plunged into classrooms, then classrooms went online

The Hechinger Report

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. Sal Khan, founder of the nonprofit Khan Academy.

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The Future of Canvas

eSchool News

Drop the company name Instructure on the average educator and you may get a blank stare in return. Now mention the company’s flagship product Canvas and be ready for a flash of instant recognition. This was the first Innovations podcast recorded in person, but it certainly won’t be the last.

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Learning Loss Is Everywhere. But How Do the Reports Compare?

Edsurge

Learning loss is everywhere—and so are reports detailing the setbacks. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. What differs is how those reports measure, how many are measured and what exactly they found. Perhaps the most widely reported of the edtech industry’s learning loss reports came from nonprofit NWEA early this month.

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Student Privacy Is at More Risk Than Ever Before. Can K-12 Schools Keep It Safe?

Edsurge

The resulting list includes many well-known tools like Zoom, Scholastic, College Board, Khan Academy and Clever. Nearly all of the top sites linked to by schools “extensively” used tracking software, according to the report. Vetting processes tend to mention privacy but are relatively fuzzy on the details, the report found.

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3 SEO Strategies for Edtech Business

EdTech4Beginners

On the flip side, this high demand also means an increase in the number of startups and new companies, making it a more competitive market. Some of the big names that pop up include Khan Academy, Udemy, Coursera, Kahoot, and Udacity, to mention a few. This is one of the biggest perks of SEO strategies for education companies.

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Traffic Is Booming for Online Education Providers. But So Are Costs.

Edsurge

Throughout the years, the founder and CEO Of Khan Academy has secured tens of millions of dollars from individuals, wealthy philanthropists and corporate donors. As schools and colleges shutter across the world, Khan Academy has seen unprecedented web traffic to its online instructional videos and exercises.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Khan Academy Acquires App Developer; GradeSlam Raises $1.6 Million

Marketplace K-12

In this week’s dealmaking news, early childhood education app donated itself to Khan Academy while Canadian online tutoring platform GradeSlam raised $1.6 Khan Academy explained in a blog post that the donation is possible “thanks to philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network, the first underwriter of this new initiative.”