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AMERICANINNO | February 18, 2020

Innovation and education go hand-in-hand. While cutting-edge ideas can bloom from all kinds of people and places, it almost always takes a team with a strong background in science, tech, engineering and math to turn concepts into concrete products. And that starts with technical education. To help bolster students in Richmond and other nearby school districts, especially those in underserved populations, Virginia Commonwealth University is launching a new Center for Innovation in STEM Education ...

EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

Spear Education | December 20, 2022

Avista Capital Partners ("Avista"), a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on healthcare, today announced its acquisition of Spear Education ("Spear" or the "Company"), a tech-enabled provider of digital and in-person clinical training, practice analytics and consulting solutions for the dental market. Transaction terms were not disclosed. Headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, Spear is the industry's leading dental education provider. Spear offers unmatche...

Akholi | July 07, 2020

New technologies such as artificial intelligence, automation, and robotics will make most jobs that do not require an education obsolete over the next 20 years. Billions of young people around the world do not have access to the education they need to get a job in this future world.The lack of access to education is not a problem specific to developing and emerging markets. Entire communities across the United States do not have access to the right job skills training and additional educat...

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

Savvas Learning Company | March 13, 2023

Savvas Learning Company, a K-12 e-learning solutions provider, has recently announced its acquisition of Whooo's Reading and its AI-driven technology. This acquisition would help teachers to assess students' writing and reading comprehension skills. It would enable teachers to determine whether their students comprehend the books they are reading with ease. With the strong support of the National Science Foundation, the AI-based technology working behind Whooo's Read...