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 174

Academic Standards Company Report Course 174

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 89

Education Company Academic Standards Learning 89

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2019

based company explained the difficult decision as an effort to return its focus to the education market following a foray into creating consumer toys. Sphero has acquired littleBits , a New York City-based company best known for its electronic kits and instructional resources that introduce kids to building and programming by hand.

Robotics 126

Robotics Company Common Core Academic Standards 126

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Instructure , the publicly traded company best known for its learning management systems (LMS) Canvas and Bridge, has agreed to acquire a fellow Salt Lake City-based education technology company, MasteryConnect , for $42.5 The company claims users in more than 14,000 U.S. Of that figure, about $12.3 million in Series C funding.

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LMS Assessment Company Comparison 112

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

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Company Academic Standards Industry Tablets 94

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.

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Academic Standards Policies Exercises Report 182

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.

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Resources OER Academic Standards Instructional Materials 85

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 114

EdTech Company Academic Standards Industry 114

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 211

Learning Strategy Academic Standards Professional Learning 211

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.

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How To Company Digital Citizenship Academic Standards 150

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 61

Academic Standards Schoology Social Media Education 61

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.

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Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

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 87

EdTech Company Outcomes Academic Standards 87

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.

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Kaplan Common Core Education Company 67

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.

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Data LMS Company Education 107

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.

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Company Academic Standards Report Secondary 109

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.

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Pearson Common Core Assessment Academic Standards 75

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.

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Policies Trends Common Core Training 114

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.

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STEM Report Robotics Company 106

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 156

EdTech Academic Standards Social Media Technology 156

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.”

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Education Social Media Groups Company 126

techlearning

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Illuminate Education’s SchoolCity products have earned IMS conformance certification to the latest versions of the following IMS Global standards: ? Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange ® (CASE) A framework for digitally transmitting learning standards, competencies, rubrics and the relationships among sets of learning standards. ?

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Academic Standards Learning Assessment Data 42

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 83

EdTech Blendspace Hapara Educreations 83

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 25, 2016

The digital resources in the Knovation repository—including videos, games, podcasts and articles—have been selected, evaluated, tagged and aligned to academic standards. “We can have a bigger impact through this partnership approach than singularly going to schools.”

OER 40

OER Education Company Academic Standards 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

As Assistant Secretary, she led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic standards. As an executive, Howard was the CEO of a public television operation and several television production companies, and a state government official. Department of Education.

Policies 36

Policies Academic Standards Company Assessment 36

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In 2018, Bruce Umpstead joined IMS Global to engage State Education Agencies (SEAs) in the important work of data interoperability and drive adoption of the CASE Network of Competencies & Academic Standards (CASE®). Join the Community.

Professional Learning 52

Professional Learning Data Future Ready Academic Standards 52

edWeb.net

MARCH 26, 2021

She is a contributor to state and local academic standards and teaching exemplars that help create high learning expectations and opportunities for all students. The company specializes in large-scale PD implementation programs focused on teachers using technology to improve teaching and learning.

Professional Learning 61

Professional Learning Academic Standards Outcomes Secondary 61

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.

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Survey Assessment Report Academic Standards 105

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Standards Several – Vendors produce tools that correspond with the Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange (CASE) , specifications that define how systems exchange and manage information about learning standards and/or competencies in a digitally-referenceable way (goodbye PDFs!). Join the Community.

OER 53

OER Analysis Data Academic Standards 53

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Several software companies have their own repositories, such as Microsoft’s Docs.com, Schoology’s public resources, Canvas Commons, and more. A common set of academic standards could alleviate the discovery issue, but several states have withdrawn from the Common Core State Standards and decided to adopt their own.

OER 60

OER Resources Common Core Education 60

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

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

It has helped millions of students worldwide to improve their reading and writing skills, master increasingly rigorous academic standards, and prepare for high-stakes assessments. “We Smarty Ants is not the only Achieve3000 solution currently implemented at Virginia Beach.

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Blended Learning Secondary Differentiated Instruction Academic Standards 0

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Alana Wolf at her summer internship at a theater company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Most require that the students meet minimum academic standards and earn a predetermined number of credits. That’s gotten harder during an ongoing enrollment slide now entering its seventh year; there were nearly 2.9

Policies 85

Policies Report Academic Standards Meeting 85

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.

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Kaplan Course Examples Outcomes 99

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 1, 2015

Even in today’s age of standardized testing and emphasis on academic standards, perhaps even because of this recent emphasis, educators are increasingly aware of the need to nurture students’ complete development. Throughout the day, students should be in the company of caring and supportive adults who are positive role models.

Academic Standards 40

Academic Standards Meeting Company Classroom 40

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

It’s been impressive to see students create true masterpieces,” says Suzanne von Oy, a graphing specialist at Desmos, the company that organized the contest. Announced on March 6, the competition challenged students to create any artwork of their choice using the company’s online graphing calculator. Try high school students.

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Company Exercises Common Core Academic Standards 217

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

How does this happen–especially when you have a very specific daily learning target you’re trying to meet in pursuit of an academic standard? They may not lead to the precise mastery of the standard or objective in your Carnegie unit or Hunter’s lesson plan, but they’re thinking.

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Academic Standards Guidelines Examples Meeting 40