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Engineers Week Feb. 18-24

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Since 2007, the number of engineering grads nationwide has shot up 33%. During Engineers Week, engineering societies, universities, companies, and other organizations organize workshops, competitions, seminars, outreach programs to schools, career fairs, and networking events. Forbes published three good reasons: The U.S.

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The Game Agency Named to 2019 Training Industry Top 20TM Training Delivery Companies List

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Stamford, CT – September 5, 2019 – The Game Agency has been named to the 2019 Top Training Companies List for the training delivery sector of the learning and development market. Selection to the 2019 Training Industry Top 20 Training Delivery Companies List was based on the following criteria: Value of platform features and capabilities.

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Hobsons’ Higher Ed Business Split and Sold in Separate Deals Totaling $410M

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PowerSchool is best known for its K-12 student information system, which is the most widely used of its kind among U.S. But it has been actively expanding its portfolio, purchasing nearly a dozen edtech companies over the past five years. based company claims it serves more than 45 million students in more than 80 countries.

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ISTE 2016: Edtech Companies Pitching a Mile High

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Nine edtech companies, nominated by the incubators that hatched them, will present to an audience of 25 education leaders. Here's who will be pitching: Boulder Learning : Developing learning systems with virtual tutors. 2007), a research lab which builds virtual tutors for reading and science.

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Use these 5 learner-centered models to inspire educators

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Conventional schooling often leaves students disillusioned, questioning their intelligence and value as it is framed by a system that needs an overhaul. For example, learners might work with a local bakery, a law firm, a tech company, or a recording studio.

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Twelve Years Later: What’s Really Changed in the K-12 Sector? (Part 1)

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In fall 2007, Larry Berger, CEO of Wireless Generation (now Amplify) was invited to submit a paper to an “Entrepreneurship in Education” working group led by Rick Hess, the director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. The company was renamed “Amplify.” I’d recently moved to Washington, D.C.

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More Big Bucks for Tutoring Companies: Varsity Tutors Raises $50M in Series C Funding

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In the heartland of America, one company is raising big bucks in a bid to capture this lucrative market. Louis-based company’s $50 million Series B round, which closed in November 2015. Already boasting 4,000 tutors covering 1,000 subjects, the company is on the hunt for more teachers.

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