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What Happens to Student Data Privacy When Chinese Firms Acquire U.S. Edtech Companies?

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These concerns are only heightened as Chinese investors turn their attention to the United States education technology space acquiring companies with millions of public school users. Net Dragon, a Chinese gaming company that is building a significant education division, bought Edmodo for a combination of cash and equity valued at $137.5

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Instructure Is Back on the Stock Market, But Not Much Change Expected For Canvas Users

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Instructure is officially a publicly-traded company—again. Officials from the company, which makes the Canvas learning-management system used at many colleges and schools, rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange today, marking its IPO. They have not been the ‘evil’ company trying to use data to change their strategy.”

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SIIA, a Pioneering Convenor for the Edtech Industry, Scraps Its Conferences

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Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors. Panels and keynotes covered the latest industry trends. All the big companies wanted to find out who the new ones were. edtech companies, marking the highest tally of the decade.

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Year in Review: Our Top Edtech Business Stories of 2018

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This year’s list surfaces some familiar trends. So, how does a tool that effectively functions as a messenger for students, parents and educators take the crown? But has Pearson, the world’s biggest education company, finally turned the corner on its rocky digital transformation journey? First, let’s get down to business.

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The Challenges of Easy Data Access

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Tactical student data privacy questions like “What can I do right now?” should be asked by all CIO’s, teachers, administrators and policymakers in this changing landscape of data access, student privacy and interoperability. Fruth describes this new data access landscape as a teeter-totter effect.

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States bet big on career education, but struggle to show it works

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Related: How career and technical education shuts out Black and Latino students from high-paying professions Yet nearly a decade since starting the overhaul, the state still hasn’t shown that CTE gives students a career boost. In the welding shop, students put the final touches on steel fire pits that will sell for $200 each.

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How Districts Can Unlock Actionable Data

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With up-to-the-minute data analysis, districts can make informed decisions about critical components of edtech integration, including digital curricula, professional development, investment, and student data privacy. Jena is passionate about improving how students learn with technology.

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