Panorama, a nonprofit organisation focused on improving the lives of children through data and technology, recently announced plans to use $1.5 million in funding to promote greater understanding of student’s unique learning needs and behaviour in schools. By leveraging data to better understand each student’s experience, the organisation aims to help schools improve how they identify and address educational needs for individuals. With the newly acquired funds, Panorama plans to create school-specific insights that provide educators with an easy-to-use tool for personalised instruction.
This initiative builds on the urgency among many schools to improve their understanding of students as individuals and ensure equitable learning opportunities for all students, regardless of background or achievement levels. The organisation also plans to design a data platform that school leaders across districts can use to better understand their students’ backgrounds, needs, and performance levels. To do so, Panorama will leverage large datasets collected by agencies such as The United States Department of Education, including information like educational attainment or income levels within a community.
The new tools developed by Panorama will enable school administrators to gain insights into multiple issues facing their students and help them establish tailored solutions based on those findings to shape better learning outcomes for each student within their districts. Ultimately this funding will guide how decision makers can best tailor best practices policy changes at an individualised level while ensuring an equitable use of resources and improved student long-term outcomes.
Panorama’s Background
Panorama Education is a platform that helps schools use data to inform decisions, track progress and position every student for success. They specialise in providing actionable insights to educators, leaders and families. The company currently works with 3,000+ schools across all 50 states in the US and a large number of international institutions in over 45 countries.
Founded in 2014, the company accelerates learning by creating diagnostic tools to identify students’ needs. With support from top venture capitalists and philanthropic organisations, Panorama has developed data-driven solutions to help teachers better understand their students’ abilities, backgrounds and experiences.
Today, Panorama raises an additional 9 million dollars in funding to further expand the impact of its platform and help more schools meet their goals in the classroom — including understanding how best to support each child individually — no matter their learning style or background. This new funding will allow Panorama to achieve even greater reach across its client base by providing additional resources for scaling up its existing programs such as assessment analytics tools. It will also expand partnerships with school administrators and communities using panorama-powered services to diagnose specific needs of underserved students from minority racial groups and low-income households.
General Atlantic’s Investment
General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, recently announced an investment in Panorama Education. As part of the deal, General Atlantic will provide funds to support Panorama’s software and technology development to help schools better understand their students’ academic progress, interests and talents.
The funding will allow Panorama to expand its offerings to schools nationwide and internationally. The company provides education intelligence to teachers, administrators and counsellors by collecting user data from various applications, including Common Core assessments and survey results from students at all grade levels.
Panorama’s insights enable school leaders to improve student outcomes by quickly identifying learning needs and effectively deploying resources where they are most needed. In addition, the platform offers predictive analytics that enable early intervention in areas where students show potential for underachieving or intellectual stagnation.
Data gathered by Panorama comes together on one platform accessible via desktop or mobile device., allowing users to easily track student achievements and proactively manage individualised learning experiences. With this round of funding, Panorama hopes to increase its presence by bringing new data sources into its platform such as assessment results from alternative education initiatives or records of extracurricular involvement.
Panorama raises $60M in General Atlantic-led Series C to help schools better understand students
Panorama Education, an edtech company that provides data analytics to schools and districts, recently announced that it has raised $60M in a Series C funding round led by General Atlantic.
The funds will be used to help schools better understand their students. Panorama plans to put the funds towards machine learning, developing products that help schools measure student outcomes, and expanding its reach across the United States.
Enhancing Data Collection
Panorama’s data platform helps schools collect, optimise, and analyse real-time data to better understand student progress. The funds raised will be used to improve the ability to gather information on student behaviour and performance, providing opportunities for more informed decision-making.
This includes adding staff to support developing and implementing new data collecting methods, such as surveys. Additionally, the funds will allow Panorama to create more user-friendly analytical tools that enable schools to develop insights from their data in three dimensions—across traditional divisions such as grade levels and courses; across custom groups like career pathways or social-emotional student supports; and over time—to track patterns of individual student participation, engagement, learning results and persistence.
Improving Data Analysis
Through data analysis provided by Panorama, schools will gain new insights into the performance and wellbeing of their students. Panorama’s services can comprehensively assess student needs and academic progress. Their services also analyse social-emotional indicators, collaborative problem-solving skills, motivation, and learning styles. These tools allow teachers to better identify struggling students and make modifications that improve performance.
In addition to the more comprehensive data analysis provided by Panorama, funds allocated to this project will be used to develop solutions that can help teachers self-assess their classrooms using resources available through the platform. This will enable school staff to create action plans curated around each student’s unique needs more accurately and precisely than ever before. Funds will also support broader access initiatives so more schools can leverage these data analysis tools to close achievement gaps and increase success for all students in their care!
Enhancing Student Support
With the help of the generous funds from Panorama, schools can strengthen their student support and introduce proactive, preventative measures. These interventions can give all students better understanding, resources, and assistance throughout their school journey.
Panorama will use the funds to equip schools with an array of resources for their students – for example:
- Hiring new counsellors and specialised staff in mental health and substance abuse.
- Procuring space for a “safe room” that provides physical and emotional respite.
- Developing relationships with local mental health agencies so they can quickly respond when a student is in crisis.
- Bringing in outside experts to run seminars on topics related to public speaking or any other skills needed.
Through these initiatives and programs, schools are empowered to focus more deeply on fundamentals like social-emotional learning (SEL) which supports student learning outcomes by building life skills that promote academic success. Schools are also building capacity through training sessions on self-care awareness or identifying signs of stress early. In addition, Panorama’s funds will help bring together event planning committees that collaborate around school initiatives such as advocacy events or emotional well being measures. This promotes better collaboration among faculty members which enhances education efforts overall. Together these initiatives create positive outcomes that empower educators and students by giving insufficiently funded schools access to necessary resources. Hence, they address more thoroughly the needs each student may have.
Benefits of the Investment
Panorama’s investment program is designed to equip schools with the resources and data to better understand and serve their students. By providing a holistic view of the metrics, institutions can be more informed when implementing new policies, while also having access to timely information that can help create positive changes within their student body.
Some of the expected benefits of this investment include:
- Collect data on student performance, to identify achievements and areas for improvement
- Provide institutions with real-time insights into student needs, which can assist in developing better policies
- Allow schools to gain a comprehensive view of their current enrollment landscape, helping them interpret trends and make informed decisions
- Promote collaboration between faculty, staff, parents and students by enabling better communication between stakeholders
- Ensure that school resources are allocated in ways best aligned with the desired outcomes for students.
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