eSchool News

MAY 26, 2021

Unlike fully self-paced competitors that give students practice videos and content snippets for individual consumption, ChalkTalk generates personalized lesson plans and actionable teaching materials for teacher-led instruction—whether that teaching takes place in-person or remotely over a web-conferencing platform such as Microsoft Teams or Zoom.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

In education, the shuttering of campuses and classrooms has been a windfall for purely digital companies—some of which are attracting plenty of private capital. Substitute teacher services company Swing Education is creating private homeschools. I saw the writing on the wall for us that week,” says Mike Teng, CEO of Swing Education.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

Absent an ethical framework to guide our decisions, I am increasingly of the mind that the answers to the important questions about educational technology are ‘turtles all the way down.’ That we go through elaborate theater to suggest that this is NOT true of online testing says more about education policy than technology.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

In fact, racism is systemically embedded into our educational institution and can be camouflaged with other issues like socioeconomic status and even the learning loss from the COVID-19 pandemic. With Black students not even scoring half of the overall percentage, we’ve just gotten a sign to ring the alarm on equity in science education.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 8, 2016

School districts across the country are experimenting with “open” educational resources–and they’re getting strong encouragement from the Obama administration. ” Backers of open education resources often define them as materials released under licenses that allow for their free use, repurposing, and modification as users see fit.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ADVANCED & MEASURED PROGRESS ( www.advanc-ed.org ) & ( www.measuredprogress.org ) Measured Progress and AdvancED will join forces to form a unique and far-reaching nonprofit educational company focused on data-driven tools for school improvement. The merger will create a $120-million nonprofit organization with 500 employees.

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Doug Levin

MAY 6, 2017

This is how everyone should want companies to respond – in education and beyond – when presented with evidence of a potential security incident. In some ways, it reminds me of the 2010 flash crash of the stock market caused by a computer algorithm gone awry.

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edWeb.net

MAY 5, 2019

Microsoft has developed free mainstreamed non-stigmatized learning tools such as Immersive Reader, Inclusion Math, Translator and Closed Caption that empower classroom and special education teachers to create inclusive, accessible learning environments for all students. The [Microsoft] learning tools transformed writing for our pupils.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Funds are available through the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), E-rate program, and federal COVID relief funds like the CARES Act. Meanwhile, IDEA funding is unlikely to help, as schools already struggle to fund special education services.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2016

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has launched a Beta version of the HMH Marketplace , a new online destination that offers teachers, ed-tech developers and technology companies the opportunity to share resources and solutions for the classroom with a broad educator audience. More resources, applications and sellers will be added daily.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2023

With the growing use of technology in education, it's becoming increasingly important for schools to be up-to-date with the latest apps and teaching tools. There is no shortage of educational apps available today, but choosing the right ones can be tricky. Which ones are worth investing in?

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eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2016

Gina Raimondo has announced a comprehensive computer science education initiative in partnership with Microsoft, Code.org , colleges and universities across Rhode Island, and others. The focus is on curriculum, software, and professional development for educators. Secretary of Education John B. Rhode Island Gov.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Education start-ups like Seesaw give her their premium classroom technology as well as swag like T-shirts or freebies for the teachers who attend her workshops. who are entrepreneurial and achieve brand-name status sufficient to be labeled “rock stars” among educators. Delzer also has a second calling. public schools. classrooms.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In fairness, startups weren’t the only education companies experiencing this sort of upheaval this year: Amplify, News Corps’ education division, continued to sell off various parts of its failed business. DeVry Education Group got a new CEO." Layoffs at General Assembly (7% of staff). Why, schools of course.

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