The Hechinger Report
JUNE 20, 2016
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sought to find out, and gave money to 14 colleges and universities to test some of the most popular “adaptive learning” software in the marketplace, including products from a Pearson-Knewton joint venture, from a unit of McGraw-Hill Education called ALEKS and from the Open Learning Initiative.
MindShift
JANUARY 25, 2017
“I am overwhelmed with joy for my students because I know now they each stand a better chance of being a successful student,” said Regina Trout, who teaches the second-year kindergarteners at Maple Hill Elementary School in Middletown. And at the end of the year, to just see their growth … I start to get teary.”.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 30, 2018
Personalized learning looks different in every classroom, but common features include letting students set their own goals, study the curriculum online at their own pace, or decide when to take tests. Around three-quarters of the schools in the 2017 RAND study were charter schools. Teira Rucker, 11.
Hack Education
OCTOBER 14, 2016
According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Neither Knewton nor the Clinton campaign have confirmed the veracity of this leaked speech. Education Politics. What could go wrong?!
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 18, 2015
This isn’t antithetical to blended or student-centered learning; if Loveless thinks it is, I recommend he visit one of the KIPP LA elementary schools. Loveless looked up studies that purported to be implementing “personalized” learning and found that the approaches weren’t necessarily effective. What he sees might surprise.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
Knewton ( mind-reading robo tutor in the sky ) – $157.25 One could look at companies that made major shuffles in the executive boardrooms: a new CEO at Coursera , the departure of Coursera’s chief product officer , a new CEO at Knewton , the departure of Altschool’s COO , for instance. Kaltura (video) – $166.1
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 17, 2011
The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. A study by the NPD Group released this week finds that 91% of kids ages 2 to 17 play games. Online video portal Udemy announced that it has raised $3 million Adaptive learning company Knewton announced a massive round of fundraising: $33 million.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
75 
Let's personalize your content