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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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Education Leaders Meet At the Wash. Education Innovation Forum
Policy leaders, foundations, district leaders, and local and national technology innovators plan to meet today at the Washington Education Innovation Forum, hosted by Robin lake and the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), to explore how Washington can become a leader in education technology and innovation.
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McGraw Education to Split from Markets Group
The long rumored split was announced at McGraw-Hill today. The education group will operate independently of the markets division including well know brands like S&P.
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Tennessee Legislator and Districts Try to Block Online Options
Legislator Andy Berke has been blasting online learning provider K12, a contractor of the Union School District. Other districts have been actively blocking enrollment the new virtual school.
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iNACOL Promotes Online Learning With Education Week
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) announced Thursday that Education Week invited Vice President of Strategy and Organizational Development Matthew Wicks to discuss virtual education opportunities during a webinar September 20th on "Reaching Students With Special Needs Through E-Learning."
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Q&A: Video Games Broaden Learning for Diverse Learning Styles
Dr. Paul D. Cotnoir, who leads the computer video game department as chair of design at Becker College, answered a few questions for Getting Smart on his views around gaming for learning following the Serious Play Conference in Redmond, Wash. this August.
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All4Ed Advances Digital Learning With New Center
The Alliance for Excellent Education has announced the launch of the Center for Secondary School Digital Learning & Policy. The center will expand the Alliance's focus on digital learning and focus on improving outcomes for low-income students and low-performing schools. Both the Alliance and Gov. Wise have played an active role in the Digital Learning Now! campaign over the past year by helping to form the Digital Learning Council, acting as Co-Chair and actively working with states to shape and change policies in order to implement the 10 Elements of Digital Learning.
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Superintendent Tackles Charter School Debate in New Orleans
Contributing Op-Ed columnist, John White who is the superintendent of the Recovery School District, wrote an article regarding the two recent announcements made about public education in New Orleans. He covers the debate about ACT-score improvement from charter school students and the criticism around the negative effects of charter…
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LA’s Promise Surpasses API Growth Targets
LA's Promise, a nonprofit working to help shift educational, social and health outcomes in the South Los Angeles community, released its 2011 Academic Performance Index (API) Wednesday reflecting a significant jump in achievement at West Adams Preparatory High School and Manual Arts High School.
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Amazon Offers Textbook Rentals For Kindle
THE Journal announced Tuesday that online retail giant, Amazon, will allow students to rent tens of thousands of textbooks from its on-demand platform for Kindle. The textbooks include works from major publishers such as John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier, and Taylor Francis.
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Review: Hamlet’s Blackberry by William Powers
This August, William Powers released his book Hamlet's Blackberry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age, which seeks out the timeless philosophies of history's greatest thinkers to delve into finding a solution to the looming question of today: Have we become too connected through technology?