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Amplify Games Win Awards Even as Company Direction in Flux

Co to take home 3 of 4 gold medals for K-12 education at the Serious Play Conference.

Amplify Wins Awards Even as Co Direction in Flux, L. Banville, Games+Learning

Who is Justin Leites?

He's VP of Games at Amplify. Here he talks about making learning games on a AAA budget.

Building AAA Learning Games with Amplify's Game Master, Brady Fukumoto, edSurge

News Corp. Is Winding Down School Tablet Sales

The head of Amplify’s tablet unit, Stephen Smyth, left the company in February.

News Corp. Is Winding Down School Tablet Sales, Laura Colby, Bloomberg Business

One Amplify: Klein’s Plan to Unify News Corp.’s Edu Business

Klein’s reorganization effort aimed to unify co which had 12 C-level execs & 3 presidents. 

One Amplify: Joel Klein’s Plan to Unify News Corp.’s Edu Business, Tony Wan, edSurge

Amplify's Joel Klein Responds to Bloomberg News Article

"I believe your piece is riddled with factual errors, inconsistencies and incorrect analysis."

Amplify's Joel Klein Responds to Bloomberg News Article, Joel Klein, Bloomberg

Failures in News Corp’s $1 Billion Plan to Overhaul Education

Tablets and an online curriculum were supposed to help revolutionize schools.

Failures in News Corp’s $1B Plan to Overhaul Education, Laura Colby, Bloomberg

Why It's so Hard to Make Successful Educational Games

Interview with Zach Barth, former game designer for Amplify, about his new game.

Why It's so Hard to Make Successful Educational Games, Phill Cameron, Gamasutra

How Common Core is Killing the Textbook

CCSS was supposed to make it easier to market texbooks to 40+ states that adopted them.

How Common Core is Killing the Textbook, Rachael Monahan, Quartz

EdTech Investment Hits New Record - $2 Billion

Education technology is a weird little industry.

Can You Count to $2 Billion? Frank Catalano, GeekWire

Fight Is On for Common Core Contracts

Companies fight for share of testing mkt, potentially worth billions in coming years.

Fight Is On for Common Core Contracts, Caroline Porter, Wall Street Journal

Joel Klein's Book on US Schools Tries to Find a Way Forward

One has to do a good deal of Google scrolling to find a balanced assessment of Joel Klein.

Joel Klein's Book on US Schools Tries to Find a Way Forward, A. Nazaryan, Newsweek

Microsoft and Other Firms Pledge to Protect Student Data

14 companies make the pledge, including Microsoft, HMH, Amplify, Edmodo.

Microsoft and Other Firms Pledge to Protect Student Data, Natasha Singer, NYT

Surprising Benefit of Common Core: Really Cool Video Games

Can new learning tools get World of Warcraft fans into math? Ed tech companies bank on it.

Surprising Benefit of Common Core: Really Cool Video Games, B. Winterhalter,The Atlantic

Amplify Launches Consumer Learning Game 'Twelve A Dozen'

Co commissioned 30+ games from the best commercial game designers in the world.

Amplify Launches Consumer Learning Game, Lee Banville, Games and Learning

Video Games and the Future of the Textbook

Textbooks give students the wrong impression about knowledge.

Video Games and the Future of the Textbook, Jordan Shapiro, Mind/Shift

Taking the Learning Tablets

The latest innovation promise big improvements in teaching.

Taking the Learning Tablets, The Economist

BrightBytes Raises $15 Million, Led by Bessemer Venture

Company offers schools a rigorous tech decision-making framework, with "22 factors."

BrightBytes Raises $15 Million, Led by Bessemer, Ainsley O'Connell, FastCompany

Amplify and Intel Education Introduce a Ruggedized Tablet

Price for the tablet, software, content & support will be $199 per year for 3 years.

Amplify & Intel Education Introduce Ruggedized Tablet, Christopher Piehler, The Journal 

Amplify's Middle School Content Makes Learning Look Beautiful

“We’ve brought together world-class instructional materials, rich multimedia and a powerful analytics engine that will transform the way teachers teach & students learn.” Joel Klein

Amplify's Middle School Content Makes Learning Look Beautiful, Jordan Shapiro, Forbes

Amplify Unveils New Digital Curriculum

The digital curriculum can “orchestrate” or “choreograph” every 5 min of instruction, and deliver it, with feedback, directly to the student so the teacher doesn’t have to.

Amplify Unveils New Digital Curriculum, Anya Kamenetz, Hechinger Report