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JUNE 13, 2022

— June 12, 2022 — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by more than 13 million students, announced it has acquired Curiosity Media , the creator of innovative language learning platforms that empower people to more effectively communicate in Spanish and English. Redefining possibilities in education.

Language

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Improving math achievement has long been a sticking point for U.S. Now, one Maryland school district is seeing substantial improvements in grades 6-8 math scores. Students who completed 10 Speak Agent learning activities experienced a 10 percent higher mean score than their peers on the PGCPS Math Benchmark assessments.

Achievement

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APRIL 1, 2025

BOSTON (March 31, 2025) In recent months, almost 2,000 schools and districts have purchased or renewed licenses for Lexia English Language Development (Lexia English) from Lexia , a Cambium Learning Group brand. The numbers show just how much students and educators have needed access to a culturally responsive language learning solution.

English

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

and LEHI, Utah — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people worldwide, announced it has acquired Emmersion , the Utah-based leader in certifying language ability through artificial intelligence. Accurately establish language skills with AI. SAN MATEO, Calif.

Language

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The Department of Education dubbed speaking a second language a “superpower” when it announced plans last year to support multilingual education with grants. In states like California and New York , students speak as many as 150 languages. Arabic, the second-most common home language, comes in with a mere 2.5

Language

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

PITTSBURGH, PA – Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, today announced that its blended core Middle School Math Solution received perfect scores in a new report published by EdReports.org. Learn more at [link].). ABOUT CARNEGIE LEARNING, INC.

Middle School

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APRIL 19, 2023

We’ve also appointed a bilingual tutor as a liaison to answer questions from families in their native language. To meet the needs of the district, Carnegie Learning is expanding their offerings in Gadsden ISD with new K-12 math and literacy, SAT and PSAT preparation to their portfolio of services. About Carnegie Learning, Inc.

Math

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

The community college’s math department didn’t consider it a math course. Although statistics was an accepted general education math course at institutions around the state, and the class used a valid inquiry-based pedagogical strategy, the math faculty nevertheless felt that the course needed to cover more algebra.

Math

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Math professor Martin Weissman is rethinking how his university teaches calculus. Called Math 11 A and B, these classes, which students take as freshmen and sophomores, constitute a “leaky pipeline,” Weissman says. Some educators place a share of the blame on calculus courses, which can push out otherwise interested students.

Math

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

WASHINGTON (PRWEB) — In celebration of the 38th annual SIIA CODiE Awards, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced Education Technology finalists. Their innovations stand to improve the teaching and learning experience for teachers and students here in the U.S. and globally.

Educational Technologies

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MARCH 22, 2017

The company also reduced the size of the app and redesigned math exercises to work better on phones. Education technology has to be very well aligned to the specific context in which it is being used, according to Zielezinski. “So Khan Academy reports that 25 percent of users in Mexico access their content on mobile devices.

Educational Technologies

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

When he teaches a math class, Tom Fisher wants students to feel confused. For Fisher, its important to mingle math and play. Too often, math teachers present information through lecturing and worksheets to students, forcing learners to decipher the context and usefulness on their own. I mean, its fun!

Math

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APRIL 12, 2021

Jo Boaler started her teaching career in inner-city London—in a culturally diverse school population with roughly 250 different languages spoken—she was tasked with teaching math to students assigned to the bottom track. We want a curriculum to be multidimensional—to have kids experience maths in lots of different ways.

Math

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The integration of digital tools such as interactive software, cloud-based platforms, and adaptive learning systems has shifted traditional educational models towards more personalized, flexible, and engaging learning experiences. One of the primary benefits of education technology in K-12 is its ability to cater to diverse learning styles.

Educational Technologies

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MARCH 26, 2024

Then in college, when he started learning Mandarin, a deep love of languages took hold, and he began to make new plans. After graduating, Farley entered a program to become a speech-language pathologist. He had a front-row seat to a career that would allow him to pursue his two greatest passions: language and learning.

Language

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JUNE 26, 2023

WASHINGTON (PRWEB) — In celebration of the 38th annual SIIA CODiE Awards, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) today announces the 50 winners of the 2023 CODiE Awards in Education Technology. The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program. “We Founder of BrainPOP.

Educational Technologies

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Abigail Beran, a fifth grade teacher enrolled in a masters program in education technology, knows that her students are more likely to engage in an educational activity when it is gamified–and that they’re even more likely to do so when the activity is gamified with technology.

Gamification

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JULY 27, 2022

There are a variety of reading and math apps and websites that cater to gamification, and even provide the opportunity for differentiation. IXL language arts also incorporates gamification, but it is a paid subscription (free 30-day trial). Let’s start off with reading apps and websites.

Gamification

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JANUARY 17, 2023

That call started the years-long process of reworking how the university’s life sciences department teaches math. This ultimately led to a new introductory life sciences math course, Mathematics for Life Sciences (the LS 30 series). But ultimately, change in how math is taught has proven slow. A Barrier to STEM?

Math

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JULY 15, 2021

July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by more than 12 million students, announced that the IXL platform won two SIIA CODiE Awards in the Best Advanced Mathematics and Best Foundational English Language Arts (ELA) categories. SAN MATEO, Calif.,

English

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APRIL 21, 2023

Yet, some math teachers, eager to help a struggling student at the first sight of frustration, deprive the learner of a productive struggle. Teachers with weak math backgrounds are more likely to teach math as a bundle of discrete, disconnected ideas and dwell on less critical features.

Math

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JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. The result was a large achievement gap in math. “We Pilot Study Brief from Digital Promise.

Math

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JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. There was a lot of fear around math and a lot of kids’ mindsets shifted to ‘I’m not good at math,’” explains Perez.

Math

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JUNE 7, 2017

Students are able to say, ‘Oh I’m good at math; I don’t need these other skills.’ That’s true to an extent, but if you’re good at math and can’t communicate, it’s going to be hard to be successful in any role.”. In a traditional school, subjects aren’t integrated. Bullis Charter School in Los Altos, Calif.,

Art

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

PITTSBURGH, PA – Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced a NEW, transformational program to support districts across Texas to optimize the most recent round of Texas Education Agency (TEA) funds to fast-track student success in their schools.

Learning

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

/PRNewswire/ — IXL, the award-winning personalized learning platform used by 16 million students, has been named a High Quality Evidence-Based Instructional Material for Early Literacy by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

Secondary Education

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Has the math brand become toxic? His critique, in a nutshell: math instruction has become too fixated on computation—solving for x , for example—and removed from real-world applications and data. Conrad Wolfram EdSurge: How did your interest in math begin? And, were you always good at math as a child?

Math

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Carnegie Learning’s math solution helped them achieve even higher. Our SBAC data was the best we’ve had for math in 25 years! We just used Carnegie Learning Math.” The SBAC scores support Tracy’s observation that the math curriculum helped all students achieve academic excellence. And we did not teach to the test.

Math

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JUNE 20, 2023

PITTSBURGH–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Carnegie Learning , a leader in AI-driven technology, curriculum, and professional learning solutions for K-12 education, today announced a new partnership with all Dallas Independent School District (ISD) middle and high schools to provide math education for over 66,000 students.

Math

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Alongside these new private beta tools, CZI also announced the appointment of a new advisory board that includes experts in schools, data privacy, artificial intelligence, education technology, and learning science. “One of the challenges right now is that AI outputs might look right but there could be inaccuracies with them.

Intelligence

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

During the pandemic, anxieties about math instruction have grown. Fueling them is the most recent results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which showed historical losses in math education. billion in the hopes of closing achievement gaps in K-12 math education. So, what is Zearn?

Math

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AUGUST 16, 2023

The integration of AI tools in English language arts (ELA) instruction has emerged as a potentially transformative pedagogical approach that could redefine the traditional landscape of education. This helps students see that writing is not a finite process but one that needs to be developed as the writing continues through revision.

Language

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The seven teams – Carnegie Learning, Carnegie Mellon University, Eedi, Rising Academies, the University of Colorado Boulder, Khan Academy, and the University of Florida – are committed to harnessing the potential of AI and machine learning to develop innovative, affordable interventions to enhance middle school math education.

Middle School

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FEBRUARY 17, 2025

We need common language and understanding around these terms. During the conversation, there was a need to define terms and shared language. For example, Analytics & Adaptive Technologies or Personalization? The impact of AI and machine learning on educational data. centric thing that everything has to be measured?

Schools

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

The District has launched an entire website devoted to the Hour of Code — www.RUSDcodes.com — so that families can participate in activities at home and students can use it as a resource for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) education opportunities throughout the year.

STEM

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JANUARY 19, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today it has been selected for the GSV (Global Silicon Valley) 150, a list of the world’s most transformative private companies in education. About Carnegie Learning, Inc.

Learning

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Bloomington, MN (August 17, 2022) – Renaissance , a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is pleased to introduce a powerful new connection between its industry-leading Star Assessments and Nearpod platforms to accelerate learning in the 2022–2023 school year. About Renaissance.

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