Edsurge

MAY 20, 2019

The company had bought the myON digital reading platform that March to beef up their company’s literacy offerings. The company decided in-house improvements took too much time. “We The company is not yet profitable but close to break even, says Freckle CEO Sidharth Kakkar. Two years later, the company raised $5.3

Education 119

Education Company Learning Academic Standards 119

ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 7, 2025

Organizations like the National Esports Association and partnerships with tech companies like ViewSonic ensure these programs remain accessible and impactful. Her work extends globally as she partners with school districts and leading tech companies to advance esports in education.

Learning 195

Learning Advocacy Libraries Industry 195

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

But when funding dries up and profits remain elusive, companies have to make tough cuts. Back in the driver’s seat is Mick Hewitt, who co-founded the company in 2009 and served as its first CEO. He adds: “As a venture-funded company, there’s been a decision to get to profitability in the next nine to 12 months.” billion in U.S.

EdTech 122

EdTech Company Academic Standards Industry 122

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

For the book, she tracked what schools in each state are actually teaching about climate science, and uncovered the watered-down standards and outright climate change denial adopted by some states, as well as a well-funded campaign of misinformation spearheaded by fossil fuel companies. What would you say characterizes a “good” state?

Academic Standards 188

Academic Standards Company Course Report 188

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2016

Online tutor or homework help companies even have their own website and own application for communication. Ask about the quality of the service of the company or the tutor they worked with. Next is to look at their company profile, and try to evaluate their teacher based on their information provided in their website.

How To 150

How To Company Digital Citizenship Academic Standards 150

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Helping students write and reason clearly, critically and concisely is the central mission at her company, ThinkCERCA. Today the Chicago-based company has raised $10.1 Each lesson, Murphy shares, will “break down academic standards around literacy into discrete subskills.” (For “Like how to write an email.”

Instructional Materials 257

Instructional Materials Academic Standards Company Industry 257

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Designed by the MidSchoolMath curriculum company as one of several standards-aligned math game platforms , students in the program manage their own Renaissance-era shipping companies, traveling around the world to purchase and sell spices, negotiating trade and driving hard bargains all while navigating pirate-infested waters.

Learning 216

Learning Strategy Academic Standards Professional Learning 216

Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2019

The San Francisco-based company is best known for its rostering technology that provisions user accounts for software, and a single sign-on service that makes it easy for students and teachers to log into and use tools purchased by district officials. This latest effort builds on an earlier attempt by Clever to help districts test new tools.

EdTech 146

EdTech Libraries Software Company 146

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

The company was renamed “Amplify.” Five years later, Berger led a management buyout of the company, backed by Emerson Collective. The new solutions result from an explosion of apps, companies, content and marketplaces over the past decade. Now we need solutions to declutter teachers from the new tech solutions.”

Instructional Materials 161

Instructional Materials Case Study Assessment Company 161

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2019

Last December, following a Disney investment that valued the company at $376 million , the Oslo-based company made clear its intention to build a pipeline for acquisitions. The company has since expanded its collection of games to cover other math skills, from number sense to geometry proofs. The company also earned $1.9

Company 110

Company Academic Standards Industry Tablets 110

Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

They live in a world where they are expected to uphold pre-pandemic academic standards, while managing widespread student disengagement, chronic mental health issues and increasingly dire societal issues spilling into the classroom. It wasn't going remote that made these companies succeed in the face of adversity.

Academic Standards 196

Academic Standards Policies Exercises Report 196

Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

The articulation of academic standards for students by elected and appointed public school officials is nothing less than an expression of community values and collective future vision for the country. Students should not have to trade their privacy in exchange for a free, high-quality public education.

Instructional Materials 150

Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

Throughout the speeches, presentations and product showcases, company employees and Apple touted how their tools can offer “creative” learning experiences that no others can do. Apple CEO Tim Cook It was hardly Apple’s first day at school; the company’s education efforts trace back four decades. This is something only Apple can do.”

iPad 149

iPad Chromebook Education Company 149

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

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. Founded in 2013, the company has raised $21.5 million in investment to date.

Resources 107

Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 107

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

But to the BMO’s annual education industry conference, where company executives, investors, bankers and financiers of all stripes descended in their suits and slacks (but very few ties). On the agenda were one-on-one interviews with company CEOs and panel discussions on opportunities and challenges in different markets. Viva Amtrak!

Industry 148

Industry Student Data Privacy Education Company 148

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

And it’s scenarios like this that put pressure on edtech companies to make their tools more interoperable. Eight years ago, some of its customers requested that Empower support the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) , an open data interoperability standard that was then in vogue with K-12 schools and districts.

Data 134

Data LMS Company Education 134

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

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. The same principle applies to edtech companies. Companies all want more eyeballs and users.

EdTech 115

EdTech Company Academic Standards Outcomes 115

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

According to a recent McKinsey study, 87 percent of companies are aware that they either already have a skills gap or will have one within the next five years. Consequently, students who face difficulties in meeting academic standards might find themselves lacking the requisite skills and knowledge to effectively pursue careers in IT.

STEM 138

STEM Industry Education Trends 138

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

In the interest of helping other companies and school districts enable extraordinary teaching and learning at scale, we’ve highlighted the three main findings—and some solutions—that have come from these conversations: 1. Teachers need help planning lessons that meaningfully contextualize academic standards.

EdTech 166

EdTech Academic Standards Technology Social Media 166

Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

Investments in teacher training programs when new state standards or social-emotional learning programs are rolled out are recent examples where statewide decisions shape local choices. In contrast, the American education system, despite efforts to centralize elements like academic standards, remains enormously fragmented.

Policies 137

Policies Trends Common Core Training 137

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

“Transforming misery into agency” is among the visionary goals that co-founder Wisdom Amouzou has for The HadaNõu Collective , which currently operates centers in public high schools that “map authentic experiences to academic standards.”

Education 138

Education Social Media Groups Company 138

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Startups and established tech companies are providing a crash course in entrepreneurship, sending engineers and designers into public schools to mentor students. Working in the gig economy as a contractor with a ride-share company precludes the kinds of deep relationships that lead to professional advancement.

Company 111

Company Academic Standards Report Secondary 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2018

Imagine is owned by Weld North Education, a private equity firm that has amassed a portfolio of more than 10 education technology companies over the years. curriculum market shifted towards purchasing materials aligned materials to Common Core and state academic standards, the organization began building new offerings based on these U.S.

Kaplan 81

Kaplan Common Core Education Company 81

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

But at an all-hands meeting at the company’s Washington, D.C. Some employees hoped the company could turn around and stayed on without pay. “We have adopted the standards while 21 states have standards based on the framework. Fundraisers Sidelined There was just one problem—the company needed more money.

Education 98

Education Company Chegg Pearson 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2014

As more than 900 entrepreneurs and educators converge in San Francisco this week, some will talk academic standards, literacy and charter schools. Participants can teach to student avatars in a virtual classroom, check out the Two Bit Circus or attend “Hour of Power,’’ sessions that promise to be “provocative, fun and interactive.”.

EdTech 94

EdTech Blendspace Hapara Educreations 94

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms. . Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5

Academic Standards 85

Academic Standards Schoology Social Media Education 85

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

And career preparation here isn’t just a buzzword but more like a guiding principle: When the end-of-day bell sounds, some children transition from students to employees of the district, and earn $10 an hour for working on a variety of projects for local technology companies. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report.

STEM 111

STEM Report Robotics Company 111

Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

Pearson, a global education company that counts assessments as less than 10 percent of its total revenues , will score about 1.8 The company offered a competitive price comparable to what Measurement, Inc. Then, the company was unable to produce enough paper copies quickly enough to meet the state’s demands.

Pearson 75

Pearson Common Core Assessment Academic Standards 75

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2019

National academic standards ask that students demonstrate “cogent reasoning and use of evidence that is essential to both private deliberation and responsible citizenship in a democratic republic.” Our schools are inextricably linked to our democracy. Big Tech now commands more hours of our children’s attention than schools.

Comparison 150

Comparison Academic Standards Technology Social Media 150

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

At Nueva, when it comes to assessment, standards-based grading is king. They include not just academic standards, but several teacher-selected “habits”: responsibility, curiosity, creativity, and self-improvement. The K-12 school replaced traditional grades for holistic rubrics four years ago. In other words, SEL competencies.

Survey 122

Survey Assessment Report Academic Standards 122

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. But in recent years, we've seen a spike in the number of smaller, tightly focused, niche edtech product companies.

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

For example, specific policies regarding academic standards, testing requirements, and charter school authorization caps can give rise to specific types of products. Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, etc.). The fit of your company and product for the particular region. Two key factors drive this complexity.

Policies 60

Policies Academic Standards Common Core Exercises 60

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

To infuse both real-world scenarios and academic standards into the new exams, as well as topics like leadership that college admissions reps would care about. A Question on Testing When building the new tests, PLTW gathered panels of industry experts, educators and psychometricians, or scientists who study how to make tests fair.

Assessment 107

Assessment STEM Academic Standards Course 107

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2018

Kaplan University had been owned by Graham Holdings Company, which used to own the Washington Post until it sold it to Jeff Bezos. But they had to get to know us, they had to get to know what we stand for and how we manage quality in our classrooms, how we maintain the integrity of our academic standards.

Kaplan 131

Kaplan Course Examples Outcomes 131

EdNews Daily

APRIL 1, 2019

This caveat is meaningless to most commercial interests like companies that take advertising for something like soft drinks but will be very important in the education field for learning resources. Anonymized means targeters do not see names but can message/advertise to specific groups of users based on educational interests or needs.

Personalized Learning 100

Personalized Learning Learning System Mobility 100

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2024

Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Following a careful review of available resources, the district selected Discovery Education’s Science Techbook for classroom use. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 Discovery, Inc.

EdTech 60

EdTech Resources Social Media Academic Standards 60

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

The company’s team of academic experts, including accomplished teachers, researchers, and industry veterans, has developed a rigorous design and quality control process to ensure that TeachTap’s content aligns with specific College Board and Common Core academic standards and includes appropriate safety guardrails.

Course 56

Course Common Core Outcomes Social Media 56