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Education Framework Inc. earned a spot in the final round of the ISTE Ed Tech Start-up Pitch Fest 2015. The Bend-based company presented their student privacy and parental consent solution, EdProtect, to a crowd of conference attendees and industry judges at the annual International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference in Philadelphia.
They were chosen as one of top four finalists including Mathspace, Cogent and Zyrobotics, to present in the final round. Awards will be presented to the Most Innovative and the Most Likely to Succeed product or service.
ISTE has partnered with Edmix.com to organize and manage ISTE Pitch Fest 2015. Edmix helps educators build links into the digital industry through a series ofed tech programs and competitions designed to recognize excellence.
ISTE welcomed applications from all across the globe. Ideas and start-up businesses were encouraged to apply, whether at the concept state, in pilot-mode, or already in the early stages of start-up. The finalists were chosen from more than 100 applicants.
ISTE Pitch Fest 2015 Top 12 Finalists include:
360 World Atlas, Allcancode, School Bus Games, Education Framework, Epiphany Learning, Cogent, Mathspace, Mosa Mack Science, Propogate, SE3D Education, Youth Digital Enterprise and Zyrobotics
Education Framework has created software that protects student data privacy. EdProtect is the first-ever, online student data privacy and parental consent manager for schools. It assesses the safety of apps and websites used in the classroom, engages parents, teachers, and administrators in the privacy conversation, and manages the entire process with transparency and accountability.
Education Framework is an Ed Tech start-up, based in Bend, OR. The company develops enterprise compliance software for U.S. K-12 schools. Education Framework offers a unique next-gen strategic approach to managing student privacy. They can scale from small schools and districts, to state departments of education.
