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    11 startups recognized at Kaplan EdTech Accelerator Demo Day

    The startups, which completed a three-month program with the accelerator, pitched their ideas for improving education to an audience of investors and education leaders.

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 27, 2014
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    Gates, UNC scandal, and EdCast: The week's most read education news

    Get caught up on the latest details of UNC's cheating scandal and more right here!

    By Oct. 24, 2014
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    Top 5 stories from K-12 Dive

    K-12 Dive has gathered some a selection of our best coverage from 2025 so far as a one-stop resource on the trends to watch in the months ahead.

    By K-12 Dive staff
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    5 resources to get students coding

    As computer science skills increase in popularity, so too does the influx of tools for teaching it. 

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 22, 2014
  • Sesame Workshop explores teaching preschool literacy with speech tech

    The non-profit behind Sesame Street has partnered with ToyTalk to research the use of speech recognition technology in literacy lessons.

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 22, 2014
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    Netop unveils classroom workflow app

    Vision ME aims to simplify and improve the work of teachers in iPad-friendly classrooms.  

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 21, 2014
  • Time for Kids comes to the classroom

    The app brings together multimedia content and current events for K-6 classrooms.

    By Oct. 21, 2014
  • New Orleans charter auctions computers containing student data

    At least two computers from the now-defunct school were sold by the Louisiana Property Assistance Agency with the data intact.

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 21, 2014
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    10 ed organizations receiving Gates Foundation funding

    Several organizations and think tanks with interests across the board have received funding from Gates, and a few of them might surprise you.

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 20, 2014
  • Ex-NYC official in hot water over $420K ed tech deal

    The city has a one-year, $420,750 contract with New Classrooms, a nonprofit launched by former official Joel Rose.

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 20, 2014
  • Sustainability, MOOCs, and secret societies: The week's most read education news

    Get caught up on upgrades to Google Classroom and more right here!

    By Oct. 17, 2014
  • Dinner raises $1.15M for Silicon Valley Ed Foundation

    Funds raised go towards foundation programing and supporting STEM education within Santa Clara County's 32 public school districts.

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 17, 2014
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    8 articles that break down today's top K-12 policy issues

    Wrapping your head around the Common Core, charter schools, high-stakes testing, and student data use can take some work, but a plethora of coverage makes it easier.

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 16, 2014
  • Google announces upgrades to Classroom

    The two-month-old LMS can now be synced to Google Groups.  

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 16, 2014
  • Santillana deal strengthens Knewton's presence in Latin America and Spain

    Latin America's most prominent K-12 publisher will spread the company's adaptive learning tools to Spanish and Portuguese speakers.  

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 16, 2014
  • Utah's UPSTART online preschool program partners with CenturyLink

    The collaboration will cut the program's costs for providing Internet service to low-income families, allowing it to enroll more kids.

    By Oct. 15, 2014
  • Microsoft announces LMS app for Office 365

    Google isn't the only tech giant expanding into the learning management system market.

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 8, 2014
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    Microsoft, Amplify, others sign student data privacy pledge

    Not among the signatories: Google, Apple, and Pearson.  

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 8, 2014
  • Edmentum receives four EDDIE Awards

    The online learning company's Plato Courseware, Study Island, EducationCity, and Edmentum Assessments solutions each won an award from The ComputEd Gazette. 

    By Oct. 7, 2014
  • Ripple News founder: Video shouldn't be written off in education

    Jonas Jonsson argues that entertainment mediums shouldn't be cast aside just because they're fun.  

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 7, 2014
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    Can edX's MOOCs better prepare high school students for college?

    The nonprofit massive open online course provider is offering 27 courses to help reduce the need for higher ed remediation.

    By Oct. 6, 2014
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    Educause, Google, and Unizin: The week's most read education news

    Get caught up on the three newest members of Unizin's consorteum of institutions and more right here!

    By Oct. 3, 2014
  • Carnegie Mellon awarded $5M to study the science of ed

    The National Science Foundation grant will be used over the next five years to create the LearnSphere platform.  

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 1, 2014
  • Kindergartners can learn basic coding with ScratchJr

    The free app was developed by Tufts University researchers to give kids a jump start on high-demand STEM skills.

    By Allie Gross • Oct. 1, 2014
  • Google brings unlimited storage to the classroom with Drive for Education

    It will be a few weeks before all Apps for Education users have access.

    By Allie Gross • Sept. 30, 2014
  • Remind raises $40M in series C funding

    Things are looking good for the secure messaging app, which is used by a total of 18 million teachers, students, and parents  in the U.S. 

    By Allie Gross • Sept. 30, 2014