Elevate K-12

Bark Technologies | August 12, 2020

Of the numerous challenges educators have faced throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, none has shed more light on digital inequity than distance learning. That divide is now being addressed — one student at a time — thanks to a new partnership between Stratix Corporation and Bark Technologies. Stratix is a leading provider of managed mobility services in the U.S., and Bark's comprehensive online safety solutions provide content monitoring, screen time management, and web filtering to...

prnewswire | September 07, 2020

On August 31, Zuoyebang, China's largest online education startup providing tutoring to primary and secondary students, released its performance for summer 2020 season. Zuoyebang continues to lead China in paying course students, growth rate and scale of users, while its student acquisition costs are the lowest in China's online education industry. Over the summer, Zuoyebang's total paid live streaming course enrollments grew 390% year-on-year to 7.8 million total enrollments. More t...

edsurge | January 23, 2020

Of all the education technology startups that could go public next, there’s one that’s likely not on your radar: Busuu, a London-based developer of a language-learning platform. But its co-founder and CEO, Bernhard Niesner, has started to make his case. Niesner claims the company is on track to hit $40 million in revenue in 2020. He says it broke even last year, has reached $14 million in gross bookings, and passed 100 million users at the start of the year with more than 200 corpora...

Kelly Education | July 21, 2020

If some form of in-classroom learning resumes, the need for substitute teachers could spike. If this fall includes a return to full-on distance learning, the need for subs could plummet. MinnPost file photo by Bill KelleyUntil the state Department of Education delivers final back-to-school guidance later this month, schools won’t be able to firm up their substitute teacher needs. After more than three decades of reporting to duty at schools in Minnesota — as a teacher, a principal, a...