Kickboard allows educators, administrators and parents to enter and access real time information on a single platform, facilitating better communication and, hopefully, better, more personalized education.

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Curriki, a not-for-profit organization, believes that post-modern education requires drawing on a much wider range of sources for curricular materials in the personalized pursuit of knowledge.

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With more than 1 million unique student users "Since the launch of LearnSmart in 2009, we've developed a deep understanding of how personalized learning through adaptive technology helps improve student performance, " said Brian Kibby, president of McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

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