Ride the elevator up to the eighth floor of a loft-like office building in the heart of Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood, and you’ll find a thriving education technology startup called Amplify on track ...
We got a wide array of responses to our recent story about Amplify Science - a controversial, partly-digital science curriculum for grades K-8 being considered for adoption in Seattle Public Schools.
BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amplify, a publisher of next-generation curriculum and assessment programs, announced today that Amplify Science for grades K-5 earned an “all-green” evaluation from ...
After intense public scrutiny, the Seattle School Board approved the district’s recommended science curricula for the city’s elementary- and middle-school students at a Wednesday night meeting that ...
Teaching online is challenging enough. Teaching online with an all-new curriculum and academic standards is even harder. Without updated teaching materials, many school districts across the state have ...
BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amplify, a publisher of next-generation curriculum and assessment programs, announced today that a gold-standard independent study led by the nonprofit research, ...
Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify the nature of the organization WestEd. Using an elementary curriculum aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards improved students’ science ...
What follows is an example of real-time learning. Please read carefully. There will be a quiz at the end. Last Friday, Guilford County Schools in North Carolina “suspended the use of Amplify tablets, ...
Even before News Corporation announced it was negotiating with potential acquirers for Amplify, the digital education company began selling assets. In July 2015, Amplify sold its computer science MOOC ...
The randomized controlled study focused on physical science for grade 7 and included 28 teachers and more than 1700 students across three districts that served diverse populations. Amplify Science is ...