Ed Tech from the Ground Up
MAY 16, 2016
public schools to attend an Apple Distinguished Schools Day where Natick shared its blended learning approach with other schools and districts. First, a quick definition: According to the Online Learning Consortium blended learning means “a portion of the traditional face-to-face instruction is replaced by web-based online learning.”.
Marketplace K-12
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
Venture capital deals in the ed-tech market dominated the news over the past week, with companies such as Knewton, SchoolMint, and NuuEd announcing the completion of funding rounds as well as ed-tech accelerator Imagine K12 merging with the Y Combinator fund. Imagine K12 Merges With Y Combinator: The Redwood City, Calif.-based
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The Hechinger Report
MAY 30, 2018
A 2017 study by the RAND Corporation found that 17 percent of teachers in the personalized learning schools surveyed said they devote a least a quarter of class time to tutoring students one-on-one, compared to just 9 percent of teachers surveyed nationwide. A wave of pilot programs appeared in classrooms across the city.
Hack Education
MAY 20, 2016
“For online lenders , it’s suddenly touch-and-go,” says Techcrunch. “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” Huge caveats here about reading too much into these findings, as it was based on an online survey of 500 women. Data, Privacy, and Surveillance.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
For its part, the OECD, the organization that administers the PISA test, has started surveying 10- to 15-year-olds’ social and emotional skills too. Founded in 2008 by a former Kaplan executive Jose Ferreira, Knewton was one of the most heavily funded ed-tech startups of the decade. This product is a piece of s**t,” one doctor said.
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