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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

In 2024, developing more meaningful school-home relationships and partnering with families to support better student outcomes will be imperative. Research shows that the average student would need more than 4 additional months of instruction to catch up to pre-COVID reading levels. Courtney Groskin, Instructional Learning Coach, St.

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Twelve Years Later: How the K-12 Industry and Investment Landscape Has Shifted (Part 2)

Edsurge

The “oligopoly,” as we called it, was the natural outcome of a highly decentralized system and fragmented demand. The structure of demand created the “Big Three”—McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Pearson. Launched in 2000, it developed Study Island, a computer-based test-prep software tied to state standardized tests.

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OER: Some Questions and Answers

Iterating Toward Openness

Earlier this week I read an op-ed – sponsored by Pearson – titled “If OER is the answer, what is the question?” Hilton’s review of this research suggests that this “same or better” outcome for OER users holds about 93% of the time. ” The article poses three questions and answers them.

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