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Fueled by Big Rounds, Edtech Funding Surges to $887M in First Half of 2017

Edsurge

The strategy has worked for a few older companies: Kaplan, for instance, began in the test-prep business and has since moved into higher education, corporate training (and a. Frontline Education, controlled by Insight Venture Partners, has snapped up another 10—most recently, professional-learning provider School Improvement Network.

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Thursday's Microschool Summit - Stories of Starting Schools | Schedule Announced

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Chris Mercogliano Co-Director, Albany Free School Chris Mercogliano was a teacher at the Albany Free School for thirty-five years and stepped down as director in June 2007 to concentrate on writing and speaking about non-controlling education and child-rearing. He is also a co-founder of the A.S.Neill Summerhill CIC.

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'The Ed-Tech Mafia'

Hack Education

” The photo was taken as part of a 2007 profile in Fortune magazine. PayPal itself was acquired by eBay in 2002. Knewton founder Jose Ferreira formerly worked at Kaplan. And then I’m happy to answer any questions you might have about the current state of ed-tech – products or propaganda. The Princeton Review?

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