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Can a Small Fund Called Dunce Capital Make Smart Bets in Education?

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Yet there are eight education technology startups that currently list the firm as an investor. Alongside that ethos of supporting misfits, the small fund has backed education startups offering ambitious alternatives to traditional schooling. In 2018, he focused on education, backing nine such startups.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Workday Acquires Zaption; Dreamit Partners With Blackboard

Marketplace K-12

In the latest dealmaking news, Workday acquired online learning platform Zaption, while Blackboard teamed with Dreamit to support ed-tech startups. Workday Acquires Zaption: Workday , a provider of enterprise cloud management applications for human resources and finance, has acquired online learning platform Zaption.

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Rebirth of my daily blog

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

In July, I decided to (re)start my daily blog, coined Daily-Ink. At the time of my original attempt, I was a regular reader of Stephen Downes OLDaily , and a fan of one of my student’s blog name Wandering Ink. So what prompted the rebirth of my daily blog? I wrote this on my Daily-ink: Why blog daily?

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The 6 Core Beliefs Behind Blending Leadership in Your School

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A little over four years ago, we were working at an institution that had been selected as the Spotlight School at an educational technology conference in Memphis. Being part of the leadership team at the school, we were handed a dream assignment—present on any tech-related topic that you think is important for school leaders.

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Can Fluent City, Backed By $2.5M in Funding, Build a Modern Culture School?

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Last week, education startup Fluent City raised $2.5 Lerner Investments led the round, joined by Learn Capital, New Ground Ventures and 1776. A Brooklyn news blog labeled it a “hip college for bougie adults.” Scaling a culture school. Blended learning is the way to go for them, Rohrbach says. “I

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5 Essential Effective Blended Learning Best Practices

The CoolCatTeacher

Tips and Tricks I've Learned from Experience From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Online and face-to-face spaces blend to create a today’s classroom. Most schools have physical buildings. ” Also, schools also have online spaces where students work and collaborate.

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School of Me: Letting students study what they want, when they want is the latest education trend

The Hechinger Report

A fifth grader works on a digital lesson as part of a blended learning program. But in the Middletown City School District, the kindergarten repeaters often end up ahead of their peers in later grades — standout students who avoided getting forever labeled as performing “below expectations.” Photo: Meghan E.

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