EdTech
In Data, Making Things Equal
There’s more than one reason why the sales cycle in school districts takes 18 months or so. One of the reasons is controlling for outcomes. Nobody wants to pay money for something that is unproven — like online learning — even though it’s clearly changed the lives of millions of…
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CapEx Thinking
Private capital plays an important role in public education, because most superintendents can't raise money to invest in productivity improvement.
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Frustrated Poets
Gotham Gal goes to the Berkery Noyes VC Summit and believes tech can help women enter the education investment workforce. True, but let's take it further.
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Surgical Teaching
By changing the paradigm for studying laptop schemes, we could accelerate surgical teaching.
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A Collaborator Gets His Wings
Every time someone buys a computer in suburban America, a consumer becomes a producer, social learning grows, and we still haven't paid enough attention to urban youth.
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If You Can't Create, It Ain't Worth It
Something needs to shift in how we pay attention to learners, if there is going to be any development in useful education technology devices or methods.
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Adaptation is Learning
Former school Principal Jim Bowler, CEO of Adaptive Curriculum, answers some Brain Feed questions about entrepreneurs and adaptive learning on the web.
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A Sherlock Holmes Approach to Reviewing HS Online
Many online learning programs for high school online courses hold themselves to a higher standard of quality than many traditional classrooms, writes Susan Patrick, President & CEO, iNACOL.
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Speak the Lingo
Michael Kraft has made three online media acquisitions in the past two years that will help him build an online spoken English language assessment practice, with a sales and marketing engine for corporations built inside.
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Kids Sharing Content
Remembering that it was difficult to find a future in the education he was receiving, Andy Russell started Launchpad Toys, a company that brings suites of content creating tools and platforms to kids to share worldwide.