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K-12 Dealmaking: Knewton Raises $52M; Imagine K12 Merges with Y Combinator

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LEAP Innovations says it attempts to help educators develop and implement personalized learning environments enabled by technology to tailor instruction to each student’s skills, interests, and goals. The app is meant to provide educational materials, information, tools, games, and resources customized to individual learning needs.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck.

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