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Teletherapy has been powering virtual special education for years

The Hechinger Report

But Kristin Martinez, the clinical director at PresenceLearning, which provides online special education services, said school leaders should take heart. PresenceLearning provides licensed speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and behavioral and mental health professionals to hundreds of schools all over the country.

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US Edtech Raises $803M in First Half of 2020 As COVID-19 Forces Learning Online

Edsurge

“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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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

Unfortunately, both of these trends place a significant strain on school Wi-Fi, beyond the cases of needing to connect the distance-learning students. Kate Eberle Walker, CEO, PresenceLearning. In 2021, school districts will look to improve the quality of Wi-Fi connectivity by deploying and using private LTE networks within the 3.5

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The K-12 Edtech Market Is At an Inflection. But Where Is It Going?

Edsurge

The lessons from the spring chaos, along with recent edtech investment trends, suggest that there’s not only an opportunity to intertwine parent and institutional business strategies, but also to improve the health of the K-12 edtech market by making it more attractive to investors and transparent for school officials.

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Marketplace trend update: 6 ed-tech developments

eSchool News

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. Spring Forward helps students build essential literacy skills through explicit strategy-based instruction.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

eSchool News

–Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. Edtech companies that fail to prioritize accessibility will be left behind. This means that teachers will prefer to use tools from edtech companies that prioritize accessibility. District leaders are no longer reliant on the claims of edtech companies.

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61 predictions about edtech, equity, and learning in 2022

eSchool News

–Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. Edtech companies that fail to prioritize accessibility will be left behind. This means that teachers will prefer to use tools from edtech companies that prioritize accessibility. District leaders are no longer reliant on the claims of edtech companies.

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