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Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘Adversarial Narrative’ With Public School Teachers

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There are not too many education conferences that flip the script and let CEOs grill investors with questions. However, BMO Capital Markets’ 17th Annual Back to School Conference is the kind of event your boss’s boss attends. The majority of the purchases were for learning management systems. That is a fundamental mistake. .

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Strategy, Serendipity, Sleepless Nights: 3 Edtech CEOs on ‘Great Exits’

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At the time, he was part of PLATO Learning, a school instructional software vendor now known as Edmentum. Brekhus’ story was just one shared from the main stage during the last day of the Software & Information Industry Association’s Ed Tech Industry Conference in San Francisco this week.

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When Is It Okay for Public School Officials to Attend Tech-Funded Events?

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During the BMO Capital Markets’ Back to School Conference last September, CEOs and investors expressed their desire to seek input from teachers as they develop school products. “We We have to do things differently,” Jamie Candee, CEO of Edmentum told the crowd. We brought Dallas to our conference because his message is tight!

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96 edtech predictions for K12 in 2019

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Additionally, educators swear that their parents are showing up more prepared for conferences and more in tune with their child’s education than ever before. Jamie Candee, CEO, Edmentum. • The trend of schools implementing adaptive and digital experiences will continue and increase in 2019.

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

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The products below were selected by an anonymous panel of educator judges, who scoured the exhibit hall floor during the conference in Chicago. Other features include complete integration with Chromecast and AirPlay devices, interactive whiteboard capabilities, dynamic screen layout, and a conference controller.

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When Education CEOs and Bigwig Financiers Go ‘Back to School’

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Nearly a thousand of the education industry’s C-level executives, private equity fund managers and investors gathered at BMO Capital’s “ Back to School ” conference in New York City. You’re going to walk into a classroom, and a teacher is going to be using a bunch of products, with 50 or 100 logins,” says Jamie Candee, CEO of Edmentum. “If

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Which Edtech Companies Are Listening to Teachers?

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She has traveled to other schools and to conferences to train other teachers in how to use these products. Jamie Candee, CEO of Edmentum, spoke passionately about teachers’ role in the mission of her curriculum and distance-education company. Edmentum has a huge footprint in U.S. schools, with a presence in about half of them.

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