Marketplace K-12

MAY 20, 2016

In recent dealmaking news, Sesame Workshop and Reach Capital unveiled a new partnership to support start-ups. And a social learning network for middle and high school students and a math tutoring company received funds from the investment community. Million: Tablet-based tutoring company Tabtor Math has raised $3.7

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Tablets Company Android iPad 56

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. and the U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in early January announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. OneRange , New York, NY OneRange is helping companies to automate the management of individualized learning budgets. Oblio, Inc. Quizard AI, Inc.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2022

asks Monica Bulger, a senior fellow at Sesame Workshop who studies child rights. The school uses a system called e-hallpass , by a company called Eduspire Solutions, founded by Nathan Hammond, a former classroom teacher of 20 years. For the most vulnerable populations in schools, what are the unintended consequences?”

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2015

Maker space workshop guides educators and librarians through the nuts and bolts. Seizing hold of the booming maker movement, a new four-day workshop will walk educators through the steps of designing, equipping, and operating successful, safe and inspirational public maker spaces. Developing STEAM projects and workshops.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Their hope is that these programs will help pave the way toward the kind of supportive environment that education technology companies need to survive. Many of the most eager entrepreneurs were first timers—often very young people with little experience in building companies or even in teaching—but driven by a passion for education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

Exasperated school leaders request workshops to cope with widespread distress and disillusionment, which are spurring a mass teacher exodus. It’s not just us noticing these trends—recent research reports and surveys from a number of organizations reveal alarming statistics on teacher well-being.

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Academic Standards Policies Exercises Report 187

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

But for a company that reported generating $39 billion in the second quarter of 2019, the fine amounts to barely a slap on the wrist, wrote Rohit Chopra, an FTC commissioner in his dissenting statement about the settlement: “The terms of the settlement were not even significant enough to make Google issue a warning to its investors.”

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Google Company Advocacy Data 79

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Credit: Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report That’s slowly changing — for some disabilities. This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

As a district, understand what your success criteria is before engaging with edtech companies. Choose a company whose experience meets your needs The edtech market is complex, which can make potential choices seem overwhelming. Don’t be distracted by features when deciding between various providers. Teachers face initiative fatigue.

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EdTech Resources Advocacy Data 153

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In a report out last week , my colleague Richard Price and I document how a host of tools are ushering alumni into more active roles as mentors to provide career advice and inspiration, improve course persistence, and provide experiential and work-based learning both in- and outside of the classroom.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JULY 15, 2016

When I was a reporter in public radio, I rarely received professional development. The only training or workshops I attended were those I got a grant for, applying on my own. I’m looking at how we as company can offer PD that resonates (and attracts buyers). And these organizations report more and more schools enrolling.

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Education Report Trends Industry 150

The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2020

Not all families could attend the training workshops and those that did were presented with an overwhelming amount of information. That pilot program evolved into a comprehensive family engagement curriculum called Ready4K, run by the California-based company ParentPowered. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

Aside from a handful of large operators like Bright Horizons, a publicly traded company, most programs are small businesses and home-based operations. Still, it reported that the number of child care slots increased, driven by increased capacity offered by centers and larger providers. Department of Health & Human Services.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

Special Features include: ability to report position, velocity, and acceleration. Training and Workshops. This includes videos, free live online training, customized webinars, and onsite workshops. Know that I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. .

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iPhone Software Robotics iPad 219

Edsurge

APRIL 11, 2023

In a private Facebook group with more than 76,000 members, called Life After Teaching , current and recovering educators seek counsel, share progress reports and offer words of encouragement. Erin Costello Wehring, 42, is now an administrative assistant for a department manager at an oil and gas company in the Houston area.

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Company Survey Elementary Classroom 183

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Teachers attended workshops on Ozobots , Strawbees , LEGO WeDo 2.0 , and Micro:bit , all tools they could use in makerspaces, and they studied project-based learning strategies as well as new uses for Google applications in their classrooms. Now more Havre teachers have the skills they need to help fulfill that promise for students.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

As Secretary Duncan’s chief of staff wrote at the time, the Common Core was intended to create a national market for book publishers, technology companies , testing corporations, and other vendors.”. Billion has been invested in US K-12 education technology companies since 2010. Indeed, $2.3 ” 1:1 + Common Core = $$$$$.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2017

At EdSurge, we frequently attend these gatherings, report from them and invite conference go-ers to share what they’ve learned as well. EdSurge HigherEd also regularly hosts meetups and workshops on online learning and higher education technology. Green events are oriented around a specific product or company. What gives?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

The company curates useful information, refines material based on clients’ needs and creates new materials and prototypes in its design lab. Redesign also produces publications and reports with in-depth looks at research-based models, programs and frameworks, along with its experiences with them. Knowledge building.

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Tools Education Company Assessment 61

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 Edtech Companies With Asia-Based Investors. Based Company.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

EdSurge reporters, researchers and other staff members often frequent these events, where we write about the latest news and emerging trends in education technology. EdSurge also offers its own annual edtech conference, Fusion , and our one-day entrepreneur workshop, Immersion. (Know an international edtech event we should include?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2018

So let’s say that I’m in a workshop, and I’m taking notes in Evernote. As I’m taking notes, I think of some things that I want to do, following that workshop. I used to not teach it in workshops because I thought it would be too difficult for people to understand, but I have been dead wrong. People eat it up. Huge gamechanger.

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Edsurge

JULY 4, 2019

You’ll often find EdSurge reporters, researchers and other staff members at these events, scribbling and typing away to chronicle the latest chatter, insights and news on emerging trends in the future of learning. EdSurge also regularly hosts meetups and workshops on online learning and higher education technology.

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Conference Industry EdTech Facebook 111

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

By Deloitte’s most recent count , 37 percent of organizations have deployed AI solutions (up 270 percent from 2016) and a majority predict it will “substantially transform” their companies by 2023. The shift may also mean transforming their workforce. “As

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2020

Some basic current practices include grade-level team members orienting teachers who are new to the grade-level; participation in workshops/webinars provided by the curriculum company; regular teacher-teacher observations, feedback sessions and mentoring. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Data Report Outcomes Groups 144

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Out of necessity, at the start of COVID-19, the San Francisco-based company transitioned its community-building and learning programs online, and kicked off a series of virtual events geared toward connecting Climbers to local tech professionals. After the first few online sessions, Climb Hire’s founder, Nitzan Pelman, was taken aback.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

And it was valuable professionally: He went to SMASH-sanctioned networking events, where he passed out his business card to local business owners and industry leaders, and eventually earned an internship with Raytheon Technologies, an aerospace and defense company. Sign up for our higher education newsletter.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2018

You’ll often find EdSurge reporters, researchers and other staff members at events like these, covering the latest news and emerging trends in education technology. EdSurge HigherEd also regularly hosts meetups and workshops on online learning and higher education technology. Find out below how to add your favorite event to the list.)

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Conference EdTech Facebook Trends 106

Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

It has published research and games, facilitated trainings and workshops, and even designed schools. That year, the institute reported less than $500,000 in grant revenue—a precipitous drop from previous years (and particularly from 2011, when the organization reported $11.3 educational institutions. UC Irvine, where Tekinba?

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Game-Based Learning Pearson Training Report 152

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

labor department just last week reporting a record 7.3 As a result, venture capital in the region is at an all-time high and companies like Ford and Uber are setting up major research facilities. AT&T recently partnered with the University of Texas to teach design thinking workshops.

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Software Training Study Trends 137

The Principal of Change

MARCH 29, 2022

In workshops, I often say that I am open to people disagreeing with me, but during the session not at the end of day when I am gone. WestJet, an airline company in Canada, has all its employees as shareholders. With this line of thinking, if you do your job poorly, the company loses, which means the value of your stocks goes down.

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Professional Learning Meeting Company Report 95

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The news literacy camps, or NewsLitCamps, brought together reporters, columnists and editors to educate the educators on how they determine what’s newsworthy to report on, and how they gather information. It wasn’t until April 2017 that it began hosting these workshops in newsrooms. Reverse Google image searches are handy.)

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Our focus addresses the staggering statistics from a recent Gallup study that found nearly 90% of teachers report feeling disengaged or not engaged at work. Blending personal growth and professional development puts school districts on par with for-profit companies, who have been doing this for decades.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Up to 300 educators attended the workshops, which ran every day and sometimes on weekends. In mid-April, Highlander partnered with the Rhode Island Office of Innovation, the Rhode Island Parent Information Network, the RightClick, a technical and computer support company, and public libraries to expand the helpline to parents as well.

Learning 115

Learning Blended Learning Flipped Classroom Training 115

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2019

As a percentage, they make up in the low to mid-teens of workers in math and computer occupations, a Brookings report recently estimated.) That’s the case for Abriel Simmons, a rising junior from the Pullman neighborhood who is currently an intern at Innovare, a company that visualizes data for schools and systems.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Central to the deal are two new partners for EdSurge, both based in China: JMD.edu, a news, events and research group very much like a cousin to EdSurge, and the Chinese education company TAL Education Group. We’re ramping up more podcasts and webinars, an exciting fresh Fusion conference, deep research reports and our jobs board.

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