EdTech
Education Technology is a multi-billion dollar sector of companies innovating in both software and hardware for teaching, learning, and running schools, districts, and state and federal education departments. We document some of the most essential technical innovations and companies that support learning, teaching and more.
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YouTube Launches New Channel for Teachers
YouTube announced today the launch of its new channel for teachers that allows educators across the globe to access lesson plans, educational content, training videos and more to better integrate YouTube as a powerful educational tool in the classroom.
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McGraw-Hill Announces Prize in Education Winners
Harold McGraw III, the chairman, president and chief executive office of The McGraw-Hill Companies, announced today the winners of the 2011 The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education, which annually recognizes outstanding and innovative educators who are pioneering digital education approaches. Honorees are chosen by a distinguished Board of Judges from the education community and receive a gift of $50,000.
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Fordham Releases Study On Performance Trends of Top Students
Photo Courtesy of Fordham The Thomas Fordham Institute released today “Do High Flyers Maintain Their Attitude? Performance Trends of Top Students,” a study that examines high-achieving students over time. The study reports found that 30 to 50 percent of America’s best students fail to maintain their performance levels…
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The Parthenon Group Publishes a Market Analysis of the “Next Generation Learning”
Parthenon announced today its release of "Next Generation Learning - Defining the Opportunity and Next Generation Learning - Scaling the Opportunity," an analysis in collaboration with Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Opportunity Equation and Stupski Foundation of the future learning landscape.
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NewSchools Presents: Eli Kennedy, Kirsten Tobey & Kristin Richmond
NewSchools, a venture fund working to transform education by supporting entrepreneurs, released two more videos today from its Education Entrepreneurs series with opinions, stories and viewpoints from edupreneurs! Today’s videos feature Eli Kennedy, Kristen Tobey and Kristin Richmond. Eli Kennedy Eli Kennedy leads the Pacific…
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Jobs for the Future Launches Credentials that Work
Jobs for the Future (JFF) launched Credentials for Work, a new initiative intended to transform how postsecondary institutions align with occupational training programs through real-time technologies that provide labor market information.
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Connections Learning Partners With Virtual High School
Connections Learning, a K-12 digital learning solutions provider and division of Connections Education, announced today a partnership with Virtual High School (VHS) Global Consortium, a non-profit K-12 online learning and professional development provider, to expand the reach of its core online courses worldwide.
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Ed Leaders Meet With Detroit Public Schools On Ed Opportunities & Innovation
Education leaders join tonight at the "Hacking Education" Dinner, hosted by NewSchools Venture Fund, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and the University of Michigan's Social Venture Fund, in Detroit, Michigan.
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White House Launches New “Digital Promise” Initiative
The White House and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced today the launch of "Digital Promise," a new national center created by Congress to advance technologies that can transform teaching and learning.
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Open High School of Utah Offers 30 Semesters of OERs
Open High School of Utah, a public charter school, announced today that it will offer its curriculum from 30 semesters of content in math, science, language arts, social studies and electives as an open educational resource (OER) on its website repository.