Education is one of the last sectors to be remade by technology.

This is changing.

McGraw-Hill Education is a global leader in the development of digital content and technology-enabled adaptive learning solutions. The company provides outcome-focused learning solutions through curated content and digital learning tools and platforms to the students in the classrooms of approximately 250,000 higher education instructors, 13,000 pre-kindergarten through 12th grade school districts and a wide variety of academic institutions, professionals and companies. The company distributes products in 140 countries across Asia-Pacific, Europe, India, Latin America and the Middle East.  McGraw-Hill is a private company acquired by Apollo Global Management in 2012.

NoRedInk is a web-based learning platform used for teaching grammar, usage, mechanics and style to students in 4th through 12th grade. Teachers can assign a variety of diagnostic and instructional materials to their students through NoRedInk. Students may also choose to work through the hundreds of activities in NoRedInk’s online independently. The platform adapts to each learner’s strengths and weaknesses, and the portal displays color-coded heat maps to help students and teachers track progress. The majority of NoRedInk’s offerings are free to users, however the company does offer access to upgraded features through a paid subscription to NoRedInk Premium.

Amira helps children learn to read. Amira listens to developing readers, assesses mastery, and delivers interactive tutoring, using the latest reading science techniques. Amira saves teachers time and generates actionable insights for educators and parents. Independent research conducted in classrooms around the world found that the software matched or exceeded the benefit of giving every student a certified human tutor.

Kenzie Academy is a tech apprenticeship and coding school in Indianapolis focused on project-based education, mentorship, and job placement. Kenzie offers 6-month to 2-year programs with a paid apprenticeship after 6 months. The company was founded by tech entrepreneurs with years of experience developing and cultivating talent for startups and major tech companies.

Crehana is a project-based learning community where Spanish-speaking freelancers in creative, design, and digital industries refine real-world skills through short online courses designed by global industry experts. Crehana offers more than 500 courses that teach over 75,000 techniques across different software platforms. Each course requires participants to build a personal project that helps them to expand their professional portfolio of work.

Edmit‘s mission is to make the current college enrollment process cheaper (for students) and more cost effective ( for colleges) by engaging students and schools in price-discovery conversations. Edmit wants to help the school and the student to make a better informed decision about each other and in doing so, convert wasted marketing dollars to benefit students by lowering tuition, which will in turn increase the enrollment and yield.

Campuswire is a communication platform for universities that professors use to host engaging discussions, efficiently manage class Q&A, broadcast announcements and provide a collaboration hub for their students. For students, Campuswire is the easiest way to stay on top of course communication and tap into the collective knowledge of classmates. Campuswire is led by an innovative team of recent university graduates and is based in New York City.

Sixup focuses on high-achieving, low-income students who gain admission to great four-year colleges, but can’t afford to go.  The company partners with nonprofit and government organizations, and leverages investors and foundations to deliver a comprehensive funding solution focused on college access, college success and creating clear pathways to meaningful jobs and careers.

Vivvi provides employer-sponsored, on and near site childcare for companies of all sizes, including full-time and back-up care.  By working with employers (and by leveraging robust government subsidies that reduce employers’ costs by 75%), we’re able to provide a world class program at a fraction of the cost with no long term commitments or capex.  Childcare is the single biggest pain point for working parents, responsible for more absenteeism, loss of productivity and headcount turnover than any other factor, while providing it is also the single most effective recruiting retention and productivity tool that exists, while saving individual parents upwards of $100,000 per child.

Vivvi’s world-class inquiry-based child care and preschool programs accommodate children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old, and are designed for today’s families with robust parent engagement, seamless work-life integration and a standard 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. schedule that runs 250 days a year.

Rethink‘s mission is to place evidence-based treatment solutions in the hands of every educator, clinician or parent working with a child with special needs.  Rethink combines the power of technology and research to deliver innovative, scalable and evidence-based instructional materials and supports for learners with disabilities. The comprehensive suite of tools ensures that every student develops the academic, behavioral and social/emotional skills they need to succeed in school, at work and in life. Rethink’s platform and data-tracking system guides educators, care-givers, and family members as the learner progresses through the curriculum. Rethink’s curriculum is based on the educational intervention of applied behavior analysis.

Engrade (now part of McGraw-Hill Education) offers a web-based suite of learning and student management applications. Engrade connects school administrators, teachers, students, and parents through online classroom tools that fall into four general categories: content management, gradebook, communication, and classroom management.  McGraw Hill Education now uses the Engrade platform as the primary vehicle for the delivery of its digital content for both K-12 and higher education.

Imbellus builds simulation-based cognitive assessments to evaluate how people think rather than what they know. The company designs immersive simulation-based assessments that evaluate skills which are becoming more critical in the changing world of work — skills like problem-solving, inquiry, analysis, and imagination — through a theoretically grounded and data-driven process. Imbellus’ approach is in contrast to traditional pre-hire assessment companies that primarily assess for content mastery, processing speed and memory rather than how a person thinks and tackles a challenge. Imbellus is based in Los Angeles and has assembled a multi-disciplinary team of Learning Scientists, Game Developers, Data Scientists, and AI Engineers.

Degreed‘s lifelong learning platform aggregates the best available content, maps learning to the evolving needs of the employee and company, and measures all forms of formal and informal training. Degreed provides corporations with hosting, distribution, tracking, and payment of formal and informal learning activities. Degreed provides employees with an online, updateable repository for tracking all of their learning.  The company has now more directly entered the credentialing space by offering skills verification.

Cognitive ToyBox is developing an early childhood platform for kindergarten readiness.