All posts by Henry Kronk
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Blackboard Debuts Unite, a New K-12-Facing Suite of Products
April 14, 2020 Henry Kronk
On April 14, the learning management system (LMS) developer Blackboard announced a new K-12 product aimed at helping schools move classes online quickly…
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Will EdTech Weather the Post-Coronavirus Recession?
April 08, 2020 Henry Kronk
In the United States, there are signs that the coronavirus outbreak is ebbing. While deaths continue to climb in New York, the number…
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Interest and Enrollment in Virtual Schools Surge Around the Country
April 07, 2020 Henry Kronk
Over the past weeks, American teachers, parents, and administrators have made heroic efforts to keep classes learning despite school closures for almost every…
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46% of Americans Have Lost their Jobs or Experienced Work Reductions Due to Coronavirus: Strada Education Report
April 02, 2020 Henry Kronk
Nearly half—46%—of Americans say they have lost their jobs, have seen their income diminish, or experienced reductions in their hours as a result…
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McGraw-Hill Cengage Merger Faces UK and US Headwinds
March 31, 2020 Henry Kronk
On March 30, the uphill battle education publishers McGraw-Hill and Cengage have been fighting to complete a merger got a little steeper. The…
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Senators Raise Concerns Over Data Privacy with Online Learning Amid COVID Closures
March 31, 2020 Henry Kronk
Three democratic senators—Edward Markey of Massachusetts, Dick Durbin of Illinois, and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut—sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…
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Preply Raises $10 Million, Sees Language Learning Spike During COVID
March 30, 2020 Henry Kronk
The online language tutoring platform Preply announced on March 30 it had raised $10 million in a round led by U.K. investment firm…
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Online Learning Best Practices and Resources from Dr. Rhianna Rogers
March 26, 2020 Henry Kronk
Dr. Rhianna Rogers is an associate professor of interdisciplinary studies at SUNY Empire State College. Part of her work has led her to…
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Researchers Link Working Memory to Online Learning Habits, a Step Forward in Personalized Learning
March 25, 2020 Henry Kronk
As edtech and eLearning technologies have gone from a novelty to commonplace in education systems around the world, their use has been plagued…
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Thoma Bravo Completes Instructure Acquisition
March 24, 2020 Henry Kronk
On March 24, Instructure announced that the cash tender offer extended by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo has successfully concluded. Instructure is…
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