August 31st, 2012

Anticipating a Blended Classroom Boom Led by Education Startups

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As kids head back to school this month and next, some will find a rather new arrangement greeting them: blended classrooms.

These don’t feel like the ways that many of us attended class, with a single teacher lecturing at students from front and center (“Bueller?”). As it’s difficult–if not impossible–for cash-strapped schools to develop their own original learning products in house, startups… → Read More

March 6th, 2012

Education Elements Raises $6M To Help Schools Accelerate Learning With Technology

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There are few people who doubt the ability of technology to help improve education, whether that be at the primary or secondary level. Of course, there are a hundred differing views on the best ways to manage (or moderate) the integration of technology into the educational process — and the classroom.

Many parents, teachers, and schools are not exactly thrilled with the idea of technology, or… → Read More