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Conga Empowers Edmentum to Boost Operational Efficiency and Increase Contract Processing Speed by 75 Percent

eSchool News

Edmentum is the leading provider of K-12 digital curriculum, assessments, and services to 43,000 schools in all 50 states and 100 countries worldwide. Edmentum’s legal team also sought an improved process for signing order forms and the consolidation of saved vendor contracts.

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@Edmentum: Blending Technology with Pedagogy to help ALL Students

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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. The post @Edmentum: Blending Technology with Pedagogy to help ALL Students appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network. About Edmentum. Edmentum, Inc., Founded in innovation, Edmentum’s powerful learning programs blend technology with individual teaching approaches.

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Edmentum to Acquire Apex Learning, an Industry Leader in Virtual and Hybrid Learning for Middle and High School Students

eSchool News

Apex’s mission of making a difference in education complements Edmentum’s drive to amplify teaching and propel student learning forward. I am thrilled to welcome Apex into the Edmentum family,” said Jamie Candee, Edmentum CEO. “As About Edmentum. Edmentum, Inc.,

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Edmentum and Boulevard Arts Partner to Build Augmented Reality Activities

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Edmentum ( edmentum.com ) has announced a new partnership with Boulevard Arts. Edmentum and Boulevard Arts will partner closely over the 2018-19 and 2019-20 school years to build a full suite of augmented reality (AR) activities for humanities courses – including English 9-12, World History, U.S.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Edmentum Acquires Calvert Education; SmartcareOS Snaps Up Preschool Provider

Marketplace K-12

The post K-12 Dealmaking: Edmentum Acquires Calvert Education; SmartcareOS Snaps Up Preschool Provider appeared first on Market Brief. SmartcareOS has acquired Preschool2me, in a deal that will bring together two companies that focus on creating information- and classroom-management systems for early childhood education. Marketplace K-12 Curriculum / Digital Curriculum early childhood education

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K-12 Dealmaking: Key Data Systems Acquires Progress Testing, Edmentum Raises $25 Million, Kahoot! Forms Partnership With Code.Org

Marketplace K-12

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.

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How Effective Are Publishers at Delivering Inclusive Materials?

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Edmentum’s curriculum is pretty inclusive, Candee claims, and the company had even overhauled it prior to the pandemic to include more perspectives. However, when state standards change, Edmentum has to change its curriculum.

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A Data-Informed, Advice-Packed Toolkit to Boost Teacher Retention

Edsurge

But at Edmentum, we do have some suggestions, built from the lessons we’ve learned from our work with more than 8,000 school districts and 1 million educators nationwide. Explore Edmentum’s virtual course catalog , searchable by grade level, subject and state. After having success using Edmentum Courseware as part of their credit recovery initiatives, the district reached out to Edmentum about partnering with EdOptions Academy to start its own virtual program.

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What if we gave every teacher a work from home day?

eSchool News

We are seeing significant growth in applicants seeking to leave the structured onsite work environment in schools in favor of more flexibility and the ability to teach and work remotely,” shared Jamie Candee, CEO of Edmentum.

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This Toolkit Helps Take the Stress Out of State Testing

Edsurge

At Edmentum , it’s our goal to put educators first in everything we do. Edmentum was honored to have Marzano Research peer review a research project we conducted for our classroom practice and assessment program, Study Island; Marzano confirmed the effectiveness of using Study Island for online practice. In this on-demand webinar, we outline five simple steps to prepare students for testing with Edmentum’s Study Island.

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SchoolStatus Names New Chief Revenue Officer and Expands Sales Team to Build on its Continued Growth

eSchool News

Prior to Ascend Learning, Charland led national and global sales teams for numerous leading education companies including Edmentum, Ellevation Education, Renaissance Learning, and Eduventures, LLC. RIDGELAND, Miss.,

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Three Ways You Can Harness Personalized Learning to Promote a Growth Mindset

Edsurge

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.

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17 Hero Awards finalists demonstrate their commitment to education

eSchool News

Nominee: Laura Johnson , Apex Learning Virtual School Nominated by: Edmentum. As a certified teacher through Edmentum’s Apex Learning Virtual School (ALVS), Laura Johnson is dedicated to ensuring every student thrives in a virtual environment.

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Data Helps K–12 School Districts Hire, Set Curricula and Improve Student Outcomes

EdTech Magazine

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 ?

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IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces LTI Advantage Early Adopters

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IMS Global Learning Consortium Announces 1EdTech Initiative ] The organizations that have joined the LTI Advantage early adopter program to date are AEFIS, Blackboard, Cengage, D2L, Edmentum, eLumen, GoReact, Gradescope, Hoonuit, Instructure (Canvas), Kaltura, McGraw-Hill Education, Perusall, Realizit, RedShelf, SAFARI Montage, VitalSource/Ingram, Voicethread, and YouSeeU.

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Creating a Classroom Routine for Online or Hybrid Learning Students

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Edmentum. One of the most effective ways to supercharge your students’ ability to learn, connect, and grow, all while managing your own workload, is to establish a routine in your classroom. But many classrooms look different this year.

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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. Todd Brekhus learned a lesson in effective communication back in 2003. PLATO had reportedly spent about $50 million to buy another company to expand the school grades it serviced. But according to Brekhus, now chief product officer at Renaissance Learning, PLATO failed to effectively communicate how Lightspan fit into the company’s strategy.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

Nominee: Heather Magill , Palm Beach County School District Nominated by: Edmentum. Digital resources like Edmentum’s Study Island are as much a part of the process as conferences with NASA and collaboration with PBS.

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Teacher shortages force districts to use online education programs

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The school district contracts with Edmentum, which is similar to Edgenuity. The district renewed its 12-month license term with Edmentum in September, using $18,090 in Title I funds. Clarksdale High School, which has been using the program for nine years, is the only school in the district that uses Edmentum, said Manika Kemp, federal programs director for the Clarksdale district.

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As we talk about reopening schools, are the teachers ok?

The Hechinger Report

Jamie Candee, CEO of Edmentum. New supports for teachers should go well beyond face masks and shields, said Jamie Candee, the CEO of Edmentum, an online learning platform.

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In the marketplace: Gaming, digital citizenship, PD initiatives, and more

eSchool News

Edmentum , a provider of web-based learning solutions, announces a brand-new K-6 math, reading, and ELA individualized learning program. This release builds upon Edmentum’s mission of being educators’ most trusted partner in creating successful student outcomes everywhere learning occurs. Edmentum’s new solution pairs adaptive diagnostic assessments with individualized learning paths.

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

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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.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Knewton Raises $52M; Imagine K12 Merges with Y Combinator

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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.

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

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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.

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How to Get the Most Out Of Practice Testing

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Multiple studies (including a peer reviewed study by Edmentum, an eLearning solution) have shown that students who spend at least this much time per week practicing online experienced significantly more growth than those who did not. Imagine taking an archery workshop.

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96 edtech predictions for K12 in 2019

eSchool News

Jamie Candee, CEO, Edmentum. • We asked 49 edtech executives to look into their crystal balls and share their thoughts about what will happen in 2019. In addition to the usual suspects—more augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) apps—a lot of people believe this will be the year that social emotional learning (SEL) and interoperability become part of the mainstream. There are also a lot of predictions about improving safety and security.

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

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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 Students and teachers were not the only ones to return to class this week. 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.

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Four Ways You Can Use Data to Create a Personalized, Teacher-Driven PD Playbook

Edsurge

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.

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A Student Agency Game Plan—How to Use Data to Bridge Choice and Accountability

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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.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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EDMENTUM EXACTPATH ( www.edmentum.com/products/exact-path ) Edmentum Exact Path utilizes adaptive diagnostic assessments paired with targeted student learning paths to ensure academic growth in K-8 reading, language arts, and math.

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

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EDMENTUM EXACT PATH ( WWW.EDMENTUM.COM/ ) Edmentum Exact Path utilizes adaptive diagnostic assessments paired with individualized learning paths to ensure academic growth in K-8 reading, language arts, and math. For the fifth year, Tech & Learning presents its awards program that honors great products at ISTE 2018. For the fifth year, Tech & Learning presents its awards program that honors great products at ISTE 2018.

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Education Technology and the New Behaviorism

Hack Education

“ 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.

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Which Edtech Companies Are Listening to Teachers?

Edsurge

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.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Other sponsors, in addition to CZI and Gates, included: Knowledgeworks , Edmentum , Amazon Web Services , Oneder , and Reading Plus.). 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. I bet I missed some stuff this week as I was trying desperately to not pay attention to the dumpster fire of US politics. National) Education Politics. Poetry.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. I think it is worthwhile, as the decade draws to a close, to review those stories and to see how much (or how little) things have changed.

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