Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

At this time of the year, some businesses are busy filing expenses and reports. And we’re filing stories that capture the essence of the edtech industry in 2018. And Pearson is still around. A Clever Way to Measure How Students Actually Use Edtech (and Whether It Works). What’s Next for Pearson?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

Can edtech improve the quality and usefulness of educational research? We may be biased (as colleagues at a large and scrutinized edtech company), but we aren’t naïve. The last few years has seen a movement of companies seeking to research and report on the efficacy of educational products.

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Lightspeed Systems

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Industry Veteran to Drive Company’s Continued Growth and Further Enhance Client Experience Austin, Texas —November 6, 2023—Today, Lightspeed Systems® , the edtech market leader in digital safety, security, and equity solutions, announced the appointment of Craig Chanoff to the role of Chief Revenue Officer.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2018

A recent report from Technavio found that revenue from digital signage in the education market is expected to grow 10 percent by 2021. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! They can promote activities to students while using the same technology to guide parents to the corresponding events.”.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. The future of education is changing, and global workforce demands will be influenced by the need for knowledge around and skills in fast-growing technologies such as AI. What are the projections for edtech?

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2018

“[The updates] reflect a lot of the things that we’re hearing directly from students and educators about not only how they’re using technology in the classroom, but things they are looking to do,” says Anthony Salcito, Microsoft’s vice president for worldwide education. Technology has the tremendous capability of reaching us individually.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2020

While COVID-19 hit at the tail end of the first quarter, some publicly traded education companies already reported an impact on their Q1 2020 earnings. The company’s stock jumped more than 30 percent after its earnings report on May 4, reaching $61.91 The company reported cash and cash equivalent of $151.5 at Tuesday’s close.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Research out this year from consulting firm Tyton Partners, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Every Learner Everywhere found that professors lately are reporting an increase in the DFWI rate—that is, the percent of students in a course who receive a D grade, fail, withdraw or don’t complete the class.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2022

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a Boston-based K-12 education content and technology provider, has finished its sale to Veritas Capital, an investing firm which markets itself as seeking to improve education. In the end, the company reported that about 57 percent of shares were sold to Veritas. He can be reached at daniel@edsurge.com.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Among the emerging technologies hitting the K–12 sphere, virtual, augmented and mixed reality tools have garnered a lot of interest. MORE FROM EDTECH: Read this Q&A with a VR expert on how to implement AR/VR in the classroom! Mixed Reality Brings New Life to K–12 Classrooms. eli.zimmerman_9856. Fri, 09/21/2018 - 08:53.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out opportunities for schools to apply for personalized learning funding! MORE FROM EDTECH: Read more about adaptive learning tools teachers are using in their classrooms! MORE FROM EDTECH: See how adaptive learning is driving change in K–12 education! by Eli Zimmerman.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2019

He and two other education technology executives shared lessons learned from both sides of the table when it came to mergers and acquisitions. Todd Brekhus learned a lesson in effective communication back in 2003. At the time, he was part of PLATO Learning, a school instructional software vendor now known as Edmentum.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2019

Other companies have also shed light on the gap between what technology is purchased and what is used. A report from Brightbytes, a startup that provides competing software, found that many app licenses that are purchased often go unused. A survey from LearnTrials, another edtech company, came to similar conclusions.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

That’s why we’ve also highlighted a few here that we don’t want you to miss, from complicated community college turnarounds to where IKEA and edtech overlap. What’s Next for Pearson? The digital era has rocked the once-steady foundation for education kingmakers like Pearson. What Do Edtech and IKEA Have in Common?

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

Eight education startups are among them, and all but one are focused on helping learners develop chops in programming and artificial intelligence technology. Brady has now overseen 11 cohorts of education technology startups over the past seven years. The program comes with a $12,500 price tag, although there are discounts available.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2017

Question: What do we learn from a study that shows a technique or technology likely has affected an educational outcome? Early evidence suggests that many edtech companies are following the same path. A Blueprint For Change So, how can the education technology community help address these issues? Answer: Not nearly enough.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2017

education technology startups ebbed in 2016, dipping roughly 30 percent in deal volume and value from the previous year. These statistics offer a somber reminder that the edtech industry does not produce quick, home run hits. Other EdSurge stories about edtech venture capital. 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In the second eye-raising deal for the higher-ed publishing industry in as many weeks, Wiley, a major textbook publisher, has agreed to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of digital courseware and adaptive-learning technologies. And around 2017, publishers including Pearson that once used Knewton began to pull back.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2018

China’s NetDragon has gobbled up another education technology company. The deal could mark the beginning of the end for the “free” model of education technology, at least for standalone education companies without other strong revenue streams to support them. In 2017, NetDragon reported that education delivered 54 percent (or ¥2.1

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

teachers were stressed out about logging in to the point where some would just give up on using technology and go back to their regular pen and paper process. In his 16 years of working in IT, Tam Nguyen has grown uncomfortably familiar with these types of calls and the resulting reluctance of teachers to adopt new technologies.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 29, 2017

There’s lots of talk about how technology can lead students to be reliant on technology, impeding their love for knowledge. They also argue that using technology inside the classroom could prompt students to become indolent, which will have a negative effect on them in the long run. Make your students write about technology.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

We’ve tried to make this event much more broader just another ‘edtech conference’ and to encompass learning and talent development,” says Li Jiang, Vice President of GSV Asset Management. The answer options range from tech giants—Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft—to publishers (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Scholastic).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The mission behind myON, says Brekhus, who began his education technology career as a teacher, is to “de-fragment the one-book-for-all model” for reading instruction. Teachers can also assign reading materials and see reports on metrics such as how much students have read, or how well they performed on quizzes.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2022

These companies, which help colleges set up online programs and often help finance them as well in exchange for a cut of revenues, have lately seen a barrage of bad news.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JUNE 30, 2016

When I worked as a public radio reporter, I rarely went to conferences or trade shows. It’s not where you found the news. Now that I’ve made the transition to startup CEO, some conferences are must-attend events. One of them is ISTE. This year, more than 16,000 teachers and administrators gathered in Denver, Colo.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Gentz reports that there has been confusion about deadlines, many of which are federal but some of which are state imposed. Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. About the Presenters.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

That reasoning has some similar undertones to the explanation given by Pearson when it sold its student information system, PowerSchool, in 2015. Illuminate has been on an acquisition spree for tools offering K-12 formative assessments, reporting and analytics and data visualization. Illuminate , based in Irvine, Calif.,

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

-based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. Of this amount, Woongjin invested $5 million in return for a 10 percent stake in Kidaptive, reports The Korea Herald. And to support its work, Kidaptive has raised $19.1 To date, Kidaptive has now raised about $31 million.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

If edtech is to help improve education research it will need to kick a bad habit—focusing on whether or not an educational intervention ‘works’. Are there, however, reasons to think edtech companies might be incentivized to abandon the current NHST paradigm? Consider a product owner at an edtech company. We think there are.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Yesterday, the New York-based company announced that Ryan Prichard, who has been with the company since July 2012, most recently as Chief Technology Officer, will assume the CEO position. Learn more about its different definitions and applications in our special report on adaptive learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

One of the newer players to step into that online program manager (OPM) space, Noodle Partners , got a boost this week: $14 million in Series A funding led by edtech venture capital firm Owl Ventures. On average, OPM providers get a 60 percent revenue share for around a decade, according to the Eduventures report.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2016

If the views expressed by leading edtech companies are any indication, the race to become the first 'Netflix of Education' is gathering steam. One feature of Netflix in particular seems to have captured the imagination of edtech companies. Let's get this out of the way: Netflix doesn't care about you as a person. References Bjork, E.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 29, 2016

The move “positions VIF to deliver best-in-breed technology to enhance and expand professional learning and collaboration opportunities for educators,” VIF said in a statement. Pearson also recently formed a partnership with Teaching Channel , an online community for teachers. Million: Edtech startup KickUp has raised $1.54

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

And with certain established companies like Pearson pulling out of the LMS ranks , where do you start? The best way to ‘prepare’ for future technological changes is to go with an LMS that plays well with external tools.". We will be looking again when our contract runs out next year,” reports Superintendent Kirsch. “I

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Schrom reports that each Expedition is a set of VR scenes annotated with facts and sites for the “Guide” (i.e. Shrom also shares that he and his team are continuing to create more Expeditions through partnerships with Getty Images, Associated Press, Pearson and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. (Source: Google).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

There was also plenty of rain in the education technology industry, where venture capitalists and private-equity investors unleashed a deluge of cash. education technology companies raised $1.45 edtech startups in 2017. For edtech companies able to show consistent growth and revenue, that should be welcome news.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2024

According to edtech consultant Phil Hill in a recent blog post , most revenue-sharing ventures have either lost money or barely reached breakeven. Leaders in the sector, including 2U, Coursera and Keypath, never made a profit on the activity, and Pearson and Wiley sold off their OPM offshoots in recent months when the going got rough.

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