Daniel Mollenkamp
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Nashville, TN, United States
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One County Is Making Tutors ‘Co-Teachers.’ Will That Help With Teacher Burnout?
Teacher exhaustion is high. So is the need to help students get back on track with their studies after several years of pandemic disruption.But ... → Read More
Reeling From the Mental Health Crisis, K-12 Districts Turn to Telemedicine
LOS ANGELES — Tucked at the end of a hall in General Benjamin O. Davis Middle School in Compton is Room 105. Students know it as the “wellness center,” ... → Read More
Sal Khan’s New Online School Wants to Make ‘Mastery Learning’ Global
For 50 ninth graders, showing up to school this fall meant taking part in an experiment. The students had enrolled in the latest effort by Sal Khan, ... → Read More
Are Relationships the Key to Solving America’s School Absenteeism Crisis?
The number of students who’ve gone missing from the classroom has only climbed since the pandemic. These days, 16 million students may be “chronically ... → Read More
How Effective Are Publishers at Delivering Inclusive Materials?
In November, the Virginia Board of Education tossed out its plan to revise the state’s standards of learning for history and social studies. Buoyed by ... → Read More
What Is Zearn — the Math Platform the Gates Foundation Is Betting Big On?
During the pandemic, anxieties about math instruction have grown. Fueling them is the most recent results from the National Assessment of Educational ... → Read More
Most School Districts Still Lack Data-Privacy Personnel
Only a few years ago, before the pandemic, finding a school district with a dedicated leadership position focused on data privacy was like spotting a ... → Read More
The ‘Digital Equity’ Students Need to Learn May Not Come Without Community Outreach
While students around the country are back in school in person this year, the connection between education and high-speed internet hasn’t been severed. ... → Read More
States Are Wrestling Over Whose Learning Loss Is Worst
The national learning assessment NAEP is known as the “nation’s report card” because it gives policymakers a window into national learning. Released ... → Read More
Does Solving Inequality in Education Mean Embracing ‘Birth Equity’?
Sanaa Sharrieff, a mother based in one of North Carolina’s largest school districts, Guilford County, is certain that where her son was born limited ... → Read More
Edtech Evidence Exchange Merges With InnovateEDU
There’s growing interest among schools in looking for evidence of how effective edtech products are before making purchases, but leading advocates for ... → Read More
School Districts Are Being Held for Ransom Over Data. Are Solutions on the Way?
It’s no secret that the education system is struggling to adapt to the new digital risks that come with its rushed switch to digital forced by the ... → Read More
NAEP ‘Nation’s Report Card’ Shows Steep Fall in Math Scores
It was no secret that the pandemic hurt student performance. But its precise effects are still being quantified.New national test scores, released ... → Read More
Lego’s Parent Company Acquires Edtech Firm BrainPOP
The company that owns Lego is diving headlong into K-12 education’s switch to digital.Kirkbi A/S, the private investment and holding company that owns ... → Read More
Google Discreetly Acquires Edtech Analytics Company BrightBytes
Google has silently acquired a widely-used K-12 data and analytics company.The tech giant confirmed, in an email to EdSurge, that it's picked up ... → Read More
This Company Aims to Become the Amazon of Lifelong Learning
The Singapore-based company Genius Group has turned some of its attention to the U.S. edtech market recently.It’s making acquisitions, and even listed ... → Read More
New Directory of Innovative School Models Aims to Encourage Experimentation
There’s a greater appetite to try new educational models as schools try to adjust to the social and emotional needs of students returning from periods ... → Read More
Edtech Company Encourages Its Employees to Volunteer as Substitute Teachers
Schools across the country are dealing with a severe teacher shortage.That shortage has become so desperate at times that state governments have even ... → Read More
After Recent High-Profile Data Breaches, Illuminate Education Quietly Gets Acquired
In a deal quietly announced last week, K-12 educational software services company Renaissance Learning acquired Illuminate Education for an undisclosed ... → Read More
Popular K-12 Tool Edmodo Shuts Down
A popular communication and collaboration tool for K-12 teachers that’s been around for more than a decade is closing for good.Edmodo is permanently ... → Read More