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US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

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For the first half of 2019, the industry saw $962 million raised across 65 deals, the highest amount of funding at the halfway mark since at least 2015. edtech companies in the first half of 2019. The first half of 2019 saw 123 deals of over $100 million. Our analysis for the first half of 2019 only looks at U.S.

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Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

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In its statement, the publisher said Smart Sparrow’s technology will support its capabilities in adaptive learning and add more interactive and immersive features for its digital books. student and teaching assistant, began building his own homegrown adaptive tutoring technologies. At least that’s what it looks like.”

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INTERVIEW: Digital learning trends that are reshaping EdTech

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Graham Glass, CEO of CYPHER LEARNING, participated to a live event for Digital Learning Day 2019. The event was hosted by Phill Bevan, Community Advisor at VETR , a digital learning community for the Australian vocational education and training sector. Phill: The first question is about adaptive personalized learning.

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Family support is key to closing learning gaps

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Other top causes for learning gaps include mental health and social-emotional struggles (38 percent) and lack of students completing their homework or studying (35 percent).

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Is edtech a win-win solution for students and educators?

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This post was originally published on May 6th, 2019, in eSchoolMedia. Also, adaptive learning systems — systems that learn about the student as the student learns — are a true game changer too. Some learning management systems already have adaptive learning features.

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Khan Academy, NWEA Team Up to Link Assessment Results With Learning Resources

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The two organizations have created a MAP Accelerator platform that will be piloted with 150,000 students in math for the 2019-20 school year. The post Khan Academy, NWEA Team Up to Link Assessment Results With Learning Resources appeared first on Market Brief.

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E-learning in times of crisis: The CARE2 Framework

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As many brick and mortar schools have closed, many have transitioned into online or distance learning. In the Philippines, the Department of Education (DepEd) has not made a final decision whether to end the school year 2019-2020 or not. It has advised learners and educators to use its online learning platform.

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