Hobsons

charlotteagenda | January 28, 2020

Right now, Discovery Education is serving more than 5 million educators and 51 million students in more than 90 countries — and they are headquartered right in our own backyard. If you haven’t already heard of Discovery Education, allow me to introduce you to one of the coolest places to work in Charlotte. They build the digital educational resources and curriculum that support teaching and learning in K-12 classrooms around the world. In the U.S. alone, their products are in approxi...

Talent Development

PowerSchool | February 17, 2022

PowerSchool, the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America, today announced that Visalia Unified School District (VUSD) in Tulare County, California, has added multiple PowerSchool solutions to drive enhanced educational outcomes. VUSD has added PowerSchool Unified Classroom® Performance Matters and PowerSchool Unified Insights as anchors in its robust tech stack after enjoying many years as a PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS) user. The district ...

Education Technology

MedSchoolCoach | March 08, 2022

MCAT tutoring and medical school admissions advising company, MedSchoolCoach, announces the launch of its newest MCAT resource, MCAT Go. The subscription-based audio learning tool allows students to study for the MCAT with vivid, concise, and memorable lessons covering all science topics that students need to know. The MCAT Go audio learning experience was designed by MCAT podcaster, Sam Smith, who created the MCAT Basics podcast, with more than 1MM downloads and thousands of subs...

prnewswire | February 20, 2020

"The PISA program, and the related OECD Test for Schools, is known as the premier assessment tool to measure educational outcomes and student satisfaction across the world," said Matthew New, the CEO of The Better Education Company. "We want to greatly expand usage of this test in the United States, as part of our effort to improve American education, and Janison is the ideal partner for this effort." In 2019, Janison signed a cooperation agreement with the OECD to develop th...