EdBizWatch

Dreambox CEO: How Tech Will Shape the Future of Schools

Jessie Woolley-Wilson: I would like to see tech doing less drill and kill.

How Tech Will Shape the Future of Schools, Monica Guzman, GeekWire

Reed Hastings: Disrupting the Education Monopoly

He doesn’t just give money. He makes things change. He's not a fan of school boards.

Disrupting 
the Education 
Monopoly, Joanne Jacobs, Education Next

The Unruly Playground: Free OER and Paid Digital Materials

The industry is ready to play nicely with OER. But it doesn’t appear to know how.

The Unruly Playground: Free OER & Paid Digital Materials, Frank Catalano, edSurge

Q&A with Jessie Woolley-Wilson

She's CEO of DreamBox Learning, an adaptive learning system for elementary math.

Q&A with Jessie Woolley-Wilson, Tom Vander Ark, Getting Smart

Will Computers Ever Replace Teachers?

Forty years after PLATO, interest in computer-assisted instruction is surging. 

Will Computers Ever Replace Teachers? Justin Reich, New Yorker

Chasing The Elusive 'Quality' In Online Education

More than one third of U.S. college students take at least 1 online course for credit.

Chasing The Elusive 'Quality' In Online Education, Anya Kamenetz, NPR

How Netflix’s Founder Saves the Day for Dreambox

It’s almost a cliché to say that business plays out differently in Silicon Valley....

How Netflix’s Founder saves the Day for Dreambox, Richard Whitmire, Hechinger Report

The Birth and Near-Death of One Piece of Education Software

2nd excerpt from Whitmire's On the Rocketship, where Mr. Slivka's Sci-Fi software ships.

The Birth & Near-Death of One Piece of Edu Software, Richard Whitmire, Hechinger Rpt

Who is Ben Slivka?

Excerpt from On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools are Pushing the Envelope.

Just Who Are the People Behind Today's Ed Software? Richard Whitmire, Hechinger Report 

What Will Happen to ‘Big Data’ In Education?

Yesterday, a $100 million startup lost its last customer.

What Will Happen to ‘Big Data’ In Education? Anya Kamenetz, Mind/Shift

Clever Raises $10.3 Million from Sequoia, Others

Company's platform integrates with DreamBox, Imagine Learning, MasteryConnect...

Clever Raises $10.3 Million from Sequoia, Others, Liz Gannes, Re/Code

DreamBox Gets $14.5 Million from Reed Hastings, John Doerr

The adaptive mathematics learning tech company's total funding is $25.5M. Employs 82.

DreamBox Gets $14.5 Million from Reed Hastings, John Doerr, John Cook, GeekWire

DreamBox CEO Promises the Data Will Back Them Up

The devil lurks in statistics: the IES disagrees with SRI's positive report on DreamBox.

DreamBox CEO Promises the Data Will Back Them Up, Tony Wan, edSurge

EdTech 10: Innovation on the Brain

Gearing up for next week’s ASU/GSV Education Innovation Summit (#EIsummit). 

EdTech 10: Innovation on the Brain, Carri Schneider, GettingSmart

Steps and Leaps Into Next-Gen Learning

Too often success in education doesn’t scale. 

Steps and Leaps Into Next-Gen Learning, Michael Horn, Forbes

What Bill Gates Said at His Keynote at SXSWedu

Summary of what he said about edtech costs, investment, startups and the role of data.

Bill Gates at SXSWedu: The Future of Education is Data, Frank Catalano, GeekWire

15 Education Innovators and their Disruptive Technologies

15 Folks who will change everything, from the way we teach math to how we train teachers.

Impact 15: Classroom Revolutionaries, Caroline Howard, Forbes

Can Computers Replace Teachers?

Eduwonk, Andrew Rotherham, says there is scant evidence that technology improves learning.

Can Computers Replace Teachers?, Andrew Rotherham, Time

The 3 Big Ed Tech Investments

They are: common core, adaptive learning, social networks for learning.

What 3 Big EdTech Investments Say About the Future of Education -EdSurge

Who is Jessie Woolley-Wilson?

She's the head of DreamBox Learning, formerly an executive at Blackboard and LeapFrog.

DreamBox Has a New CEO -Dean Tachahashi, GamesBeat