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Turning Federal Dollars into Revitalized Classrooms
Is it possible for a return to the classroom that reshapes the landscape of the classroom in a way that is more beneficial to the educator and the students? We pitched this to the owner of 3 independent schools in New York, Carmello Piazza. Various funds, including ARP ESSER, are available for U.S. schools to…
Test Scores, GPA, Essays: Which Should be Most Important for Admissions Professionals?
In May, California announced it would continue to disregard SAT & ACT scores for college admissions. How should college professionals adapt their admissions process to match this departure from testing? Let’s hear from Matthew Flippen, President of Hartwell University. Follow us on social media for the latest updates in B2B! Twitter – @MarketScale Facebook – facebook.com/marketscale…
Pop Culture Proves Powerful for Classroom Engagement
How do you connect students to literature without dense text that could be a deterrent? We spoke with Educator Tim Smyth, Founder of TeachingwithComics.com, who has built a reputation for incorporating comics into his lesson plans to analyze the response he has seen from his students. Follow us on social media for the latest…
How Educators Need to Bridge the Gap This School Year
It will take educators years to really analyze the full impact of learning loss this past year. Tyler Kern sat down with the Executive Director of the WAY American School, Thiago Reis, to get his take on what steps educators need to take this school year to close the gap from 2020. Follow us on…
What Role Should Inquiry-Based Learning Play in Classroom Strategies
As teachers face varying pressures on how to retool their classroom strategies, what role should inquiry-based learning play among other teaching and technology strategies? Tyler Kern pitched this question to the owner of 3 independent pre-schools, Carmelo Piazza, to get his perspective. Follow us on social media for the latest updates in B2B! Twitter – @MarketScale…
As California Phases Out SATs, What Should Schools Test Next?
The standardized testing purge continues, with school districts and universities in California, Colorado, Texas, and more, distancing themselves further from the weight of standardized testing metrics during the K-12 pipeline as well as during the college admissions process. The University of California system, for example, has put a definite end to SAT or ACT…
Maneuvering the Maze of ESSER Federal Funds
2020 and 2021 have been the years of federal funding initiatives; COVID’s crunch of practically every industry have left schools, retailers, manufacturers, hoteliers and more, grasping at straws to find the capital needed to rebuild momentum and fund necessary resources for success. In education specifically, the ARP ESSER fund, for example, has set aside…
Building Applications for IOS and Android
For app developers, it isn’t always apples and oranges – or, in this case, Apple or Android. There are similarities and differences between developing applications for iOS and Android. To help host Tyler Kern clarify them, Kern enlisted the expertise of two Shockoe developers. John Surface leads the Mobile Development Android team, and Justin…
Better Math Courses Mean Better STEM Students
Even before the pandemic, improving student engagement in critical “gateway” math/science courses has presented a long-standing challenge, especially in traditionally underserved communities. In this episode of EdTech Today, Aurora Martinez, VP & General Manager of Math and Science Foundations at Wiley, discusses the diversity gap in tech careers and how we can leverage education to help close it. Aurora addresses the…
How the Experiential World Will Meet the Workplace
This week Kevin Hogan and the EdTech Today show went on the road to the ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego. Hogan used the opportunity to sit down with the biggest leaders in EdTech to discuss what they have learned from the successes and failures of remote learning and more importantly the lessons we can…
Emeritus Set to Raise the Bar with $650 Million Funding Round
MarketScale’s Kevin Hogan sits down with Charlie Schilling about an exciting piece of breaking news in the education industry. It’s not every day at the annual ASU+GSV Summit that you get to break some news — but MarketScale’s Kevin Hogan got the chance to do just that at this year’s event. Hogan was joined…
ASU+GSV Summit: A Look at the Upcoming Year in Education
Day No. 2 of the ASU+GSV Summit, a powerful return to in-person events for the education industry, has come and gone — and MarketScale’s Kevin Hogan, host of the Age of Digital Learning, was still on the scene. So, what are this year’s attendees most looking forward to as the fall semester, which promises an…
ASU+GSV Summit: How to Give Students the Modern Skills They Need to Thrive
The modern student is in a difficult situation. Not only have the scenarios in which they learn changed tremendously, but so have the skills required to succeed outside the walls of educational institutions. Today’s world asks more of kids entering the workforce and “real” life than ever before, and they need 21st-century literacy, learning…
3 Steps to Accelerate Learning and Reimagine Intervention
The COVID-19 pandemic was extremely disruptive to students’ ability to learn. Even for students who could adequately access online and hybrid programs, wide and varied learning gaps emerged that will take time and effort to overcome. That means, with the fall semester quickly approaching, it’s time for educational leaders to rethink and reimagine best…
ASU+GSV Summit: Training the Next Generation of AI Innovators
AI Camp was founded on a simple premise — revolutionizing artificial intelligence education. AI has an enormous role to play in the future of essentially every industry around the globe, but innovations in the space need talented and passionate people to bring them to life. AI Camp’s Michael Zhang sat down with MarketScale’s Kevin…
How Higher Ed Must Adapt to Survive
The more data that drops, the clearer the message for institutes of higher learning—in order to keep pace with today’s society, operations must change. In this episode, Kshitij Nerurkar, Education Business Leader at Cognizant, drills down on his numbers for further evidence. Cognizant last week released the findings of its study, “The Work Ahead…
EdTech AI Is About to Get Much Smarter
Big news this week from Digital Promise—it will co-lead a new five-year, $20 million initiative aimed at creating artificial intelligence (AI) tools to advance human learning and education. In this episode of EdTech Today, Jeremy Roschelle, Executive Director of Learning Sciences Research at Digital Promise and one of the co-Principal Investigators (PIs) of the…
Educator Confidence Report Highlights Dip in Teachers’ Perception of Role
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt recently released its 2021 educator confidence report, and the findings were not particularly optimistic. In this clip from MarketScale’s EdTech Today, host Kevin Hogan weighs in on what the report’s findings might mean for both the short and long-term future of education. “As with most news coming out these days about the…
Reimagining Black and Latinx Student Achievement And Economic Success
For John B. King Jr., president of The Education Trust, the pandemic has only exaggerated the glaring inequities for communities of color when it comes to basic access to education technology. In this final preview episode of The Age of Digital Learning, he gives us a glimpse into his thoughts for his speaking slots…
How One El Paso District Found Significant Online Learning Success
Location: El Paso, Texas. Place: Clint ISD (independent school district.) Time: 2019. Even before the pandemic shuttered classrooms across the country and left school districts searching for online solutions, Clint ISD began preparing for a comprehensive communication solution that would unknowingly benefit students when the pandemic struck. Mark Jones, Vice President of Sales at FrontRow,…
How Artificial Intelligence Can Improve the Classroom Experience
Levi Belnap wants to make this clear from the beginning—artificial intelligence will never replace human teachers, at least not in our lifetime. What he and his colleagues at Merlyn Mind believe is that AI can enhance teachers’ work. On this episode of EdTech Today, Levi introduces us to his nascent company’s offering and provides…
Why Upskilling is More Than Just Job Training
The current economic zeitgeist suggests that workers need to start re-educating themselves if they want to not only survive but thrive. David Blake, CEO of Learn In, thinks differently. On this of EdTech Today, David breaks down why the employers are the ones that should shoulder the burden of educating the workers in order…
For Some Students A Remote Setup Meant Learning Gains
New research released today by the Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) at Columbia University finds that digitally accessible, high-quality instructional materials designed to bring students, families and educators together increased student learning and engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research reveals possibilities for sustained partnership between schools and families moving forward. Despite challenges…
How To Handle the Wild Ride That Is the EdTech Marketplace
Never before has edTech been more essential, or more coveted in the investment community. In this of EdTech Today, Liam Pisano, Managing Partner at EduLab Capital Partners, talks about the current phenomenon and what it means for the industry moving forward. EduLab Capital Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on learning and…
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