Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Newkirk concedes they are not the first to use these techniques, but the combination he and his colleagues have devised is getting results beyond what others have reported. Another dashed hope was the digital tutor made by a New-York-based company called Knewton, which one education consultant rated as “snake oil” in an NPR story in 2015.

Education 216

Education Learning Software Knewton 216

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. The Gates Foundation is among the funders of The Hechinger Report.). “I Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. Aaaaaaaa ,” the kids chanted. Teira Rucker, 11.

Personalized Learning 97

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 97

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.). It announced this year it was “ phasing out ” its reliance on Knewton provide those algorithms.).

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Testing, Testing… “Big changes ahead for how California assesses school performance,” KPCC reports. 8 filed by three former University of Oregon basketball players last year court documents show. “ Raspberry Pi passes 10m sales mark,” the BBC reports – “the most popular British computer ever.”

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

.” “ Colorado Education Commissioner Rich Crandall announced his resignation Thursday just four-and-a-half months into the job, shocking the state’s education community and roiling the state Department of Education as it embarks on a number of critical initiatives,” Chalkbeat Colorado reports.

Education 46

Education Pearson Report Company 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145