Jamie Candee, Edmentum BMO Capital Markets Conference The Industry Seeks a Rebound With more technological infrastructure in place, more capital to spend, and advancements in software, mobile technologies and cloud-based computing, business is expected to boom. 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. MORE

Edmentum , a provider of web-based learning solutions, announces a brand-new K-6 math, reading, and ELA individualized learning program. Edmentum’s new solution pairs adaptive diagnostic assessments with individualized learning paths. MORE

Edmentum has raised $25 million in debt financing from New Mountain Finance Corporation and Tennenbaum Capital Partners. Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Via Inside Higher Ed : “The U.S. MORE

We have to do things differently,” Jamie Candee, CEO of Edmentum told the crowd. The education technology industry often gets flak for not seeking the perspectives of educators. So these days, companies, nonprofits and researchers make working closely with teachers and administrators as one of their main priorities. MORE

Learn how schools and districts are leveraging the data from Edmentum’s online solutions: Meeting the needs of individual students through blended learning in Pennsylvania. I worked in the same school—doors down from my wife—for three years. I knew she was a good teacher, but in all that time, I never had the opportunity to watch her in her own classroom. As someone who now leads professional development for educators, I know that teachers rarely get to see each other teach. MORE

“ Three Ways You Can Harness Personalized Learning to Promote a Growth Mindset ” (that’s sponsored content from Edmentum). This is part ten of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Perhaps it’s no surprise that there was so much talk this year about education, technology, and emotional health. I mean, 2017 really sucked, and we’re all feeling it. MORE

A handful of ed-tech firms including web-based teaching learning solutions provider Edmentum and instructional technology company BookNook raised funds from investors. The post K-12 Dealmaking: Key Data Systems Acquires Progress Testing, Edmentum Raises $25 Million, Kahoot! Kahoot! and Code.org team up in an effort to advance K-12 computer science education. MORE

At Edmentum , we believe that growth mindset goes hand in hand with personalized learning, an increasingly popular approach that aims to put students in control of their own learning. Personalized Pathways: Resources on Edmentum. Find success stories and strategies to personalize learning on the Edmentum blog. MORE

In addition, the sector saw several new partnerships spring up, such as Edmentum’s new partnership with WebbAlign and Learning Forward joining forces with Amplify, the former digital education division of News Corp. Edmentum Partners with WebbAlign: Edmentum , a provider of online learning solutions, has partnered with WebbAlign , a company focused on the alignment of K–12 standards and assessments. MORE

based 21st Century Cyber Charter School (21CCCS), teachers and administrators rely on learning tools such as Edmentum’s Study Island , Blackboard Collaborate and Moodle to identify student needs and trends. Data Helps K–12 School Districts Hire, Set Curricula and Improve Student Outcomes. meghan.bogardu…. Thu, 03/29/2018 - 10:20. What does it take to manage four of the top-five public high schools in America, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report ? MORE

In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, we sit down with Tony Skauge and Jamie Candee to showcase how teachers are using Edmentum to design engaging learning experiences for their students. About Edmentum. Edmentum, Inc., MORE

More on Student Agency from Edmentum. A few years ago, Harvard’s Achievement Gap Institute conducted a study on teaching and student agency. The study recognized agency as potentially “…as important an outcome of schooling as the skills we measure with standardized testing.” Indeed, when students take ownership of their education, they become more invested in the outcome. MORE