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Behind Closed Doors: Edtech Entrepreneurs’ Biggest Challenges in 2018

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Earlier this month in New York City, the AT&T Aspire Accelerator, AT&T’s program that finds, develops, and invests in promising edtech companies from around the world, hosted an afternoon of mock board meetings with its 2018 cohort. To date AT&T has made 27 investments. Companies all want more eyeballs and users.

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Can “playful assessments” tell us whether maker education works?

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With scarcely a month left in the school year, why was it worth spending time making videos rather than covering the next academic standard? Plus, evidence-based assessments could improve the overall quality of project-based learning by helping educators tailor projects to specific skills and vet a lesson’s overall effectiveness.

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Instructure Acquires MasteryConnect for $42.5 Million to Expand K-12 Footprint

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With the addition of MasteryConnect’s formative assessment tools, Instructure aims to capitalize on what it sees as a “shift occurring at the state level as they replace high-stakes, end-of-year testing with innovative assessment models,” according to a prepared statement. billion by 2020.

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Renaissance Learning Buys Freckle Education to Expand Math Offerings

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At a time of major change at educational software and assessments provider Renaissance Learning executives decided to add one more item to their to-do list. It was spring 2018. The tool also offers educators reports on how students perform across various academic standards and skills.

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Blending Art and Algorithms, Desmos Sets Out to Reimagine Math Curriculum

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Luberoff says that end-of-year assessments in 35 U.S. Desmos art contest submissions: Westminster Abbey from Caitlin Minutillo (left) and “The Golden Gate Bridge” by Ava Sutter (right) In 2018, Desmos decided to set its sights on a big, new and highly contested market: creating a core math curriculum, starting with middle school.

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Open Up Resources Takes A Digital Leap Through Kiddom Partnership

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Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. But a new partnership with a budding startup may help tip that scale toward digital. million in investment to date.

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

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It proved useful in finding teachers to help develop our lesson plans, assessments and professional development. Hiring outside and field sales reps is another geographic consideration when selling to specific states. We primarily used Craigslist for all hires except sales and software development. We covered topics such as number of U.S.

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