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Carnegie Learning Bets Big on Coding With Acquisition of Globaloria

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Both companies trace their lineage to top-pedigree universities: Carnegie grew out of research on computer-based instructional systems started by Carnegie Mellon researchers. Carnegie Learning spun out as an independent company in 1998. After it became an independent company in 2014, Harel raised another $3.5

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How CA Group Builds Strategic Partnerships that Support School Transformation

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For the large scale systemic work, the company typically takes a cohort of schools through a variety of workshops to support redesign on a larger scale. She initially founded CA Group in 2006, then went on to serve as the Chief Operating Officer of Rocketship Education , and program officer at the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation.

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Needing students, Appalachian colleges reach out to fast-growing Hispanic population

The Hechinger Report

He seemed like somebody I’d like to meet.”. One of the draws for Hispanic families is Monterey Mushrooms, a national company with farms about 10 miles southwest down I-75 from the school. They made an appointment to meet with Sellers and others. Then he discovered Maryville. “I I looked it up online. I saw Jose Perez.

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Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

The Hechinger Report

The island has faced corruption and mismanagement in local government, billions of dollars in debt and mass emigration that has caused a critical loss of professionals and essentially halved the island’s student population in 15 years, from almost 550,000 in 2006 to 276,413 in 2021. Child poverty is widespread: In the 50 U.S.