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What If You Could Learn Everything?

“‘You guys sound like you’re from the future,’” Jose Ferreira, Knewton CEO, says. “That’s the most common reaction we get from others in the industry.”

What If You Could Learn Everything?, Anya Kamentez, The Daily Beast

10 EdTech Startups You Must Know About

Today, only 22% of the world's children finish high school. Only 55% finish sixth grade.

10 EdTech Startups You Must Know About, Bhaskar Santosh, EdTechReview

Catching On at Last

New technology is poised to disrupt America's schools, and then the world's.

Catching On at Last, The Economist

The Rise of EdTech

These are a few of the dozens of companies using technology is a highly disruptive force.

The Rise of EdTech, Ilya Pozin, TNW

Knewton Brings "Smart Learning" to Schools Nationwide

Partnership with HMH brings adaptive learning to nearly every school district in US.

Knewton Brings "Smart Learning" to Schools Nationwide, Anya Kamenetz, Fast Company

Knewton Partners with Macmillan

Macmillan will use Knewton’s adaptive learning platform for English language instruction.

Knewton Teams Up with Macmillan, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOm

Knewton (Quietly) Pivots

It’s not as simple as sprinkling a little machine learning fairy dust on your content. 

Knewton (Quietly) Pivots, Michael Feldstein, eLiterate

Adaptive Learning Developing at Dizzying Pace: Some Intel

70+ adaptive learning vendors working to help college leaders decide what they need.

Gates Foundation Helps Colleges Keep Tabs with Adaptive Learning Tech, Paul Fain, IHE

Special K: Don’t Sleep On Khan Academy, Knewton

Critics miss is the evolution of a disruptive innovation — it starts as a “good enough."

Special K: Don’t Sleep On Khan Academy, Knewton, Michael Horn, Education Next

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

Dept. of Education Partners with Knewton

The program brings online courses to 3.5 million youth in juvenile justice system.

Dept of Ed Taps Knewton for At-Risk Youth Program, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

25 EdTech Startups Worth Knowing

There’s a litany of resources being created on a daily basis.

25 EdTech Startups Worth Knowing, Katie Lepi, Edudemic

The Crisis in Higher Education

Is this a fad, or is higher education about to get the overhaul it needs?

The Crisis in Higher Education, Nicholas Carr, Technology Reivew, MIT

Knewton White Paper Defines 'Adaptive Learning'

Gives an analysis of adaptive learning and the theories behind our recommendation engine.

Knewton Adaptive Learning, Knewton

Knewton, Codecademy on the Future of Education

“Is anyone on this panel even close to making money?”

Founders Conference on the Future of Education, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

Build Education Tech and McGraw Will Buy You

“I encourage startups in this space because I’d like to acquire you...” says Brian Kibby.

McGraw-Hill: Build Education Tech and We'll Buy You, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

Who Will Acquire The Education Startups?

One of the hottest startup sectors right now is education.

A Million Education Startups But No One to Acquire Them, Alyson Shontell, Business Insider

3 Hottest Trends in Education Reform

Edtech start-ups are bullish on the potential of their innovations.

3 Hottest Trends in Education Reform, Sehreen Noor Ali, Policymic

A Boom Time for Education Startups

Investments in ed tech tripled to $429-million in 2011 from $146-million in 2002.

Investors See Ed Tech Companies' 'Internet Moment,' Nick DeSantis, The Chronicle

The World's 10 Most Innovative Education Companies

SNHU, Knewton, SkillShare, Chegg, Pearson, Datawind, Fidelis, 2tor, Root-1, MacArthur Fnd.

The World's Top 10 Innovative Education Companies, Fast Company