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U-Nest Raises $2 Million to Enhance Its App to Help Parents Save for College

Edsurge

The latest round of investment will go toward building an Android version of the App (which is currently only available for iPhone), and adding new features, including a “gifting” one that lets others submit funds into the 529 plan, says Yudina. U-Nest is only available for iPhone users for now. It’s still a burden,” says Yudina, 33.

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Teachers: 3 ways technology can make learning visible, easily

eSchool News

His analysis of 50,000 educational studies involving more than 80 million students gave us vital information about the relative effectiveness of different teaching practices on student achievement. The National Center for Education Statistics reported that the average public school teacher in 1991 spent 46.3 hours working.

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Noodle Companies Adds $5 Million Series A to Streamline K-20 Education Markets

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Leading one education company is stressful enough for most people. Today, the Noodle Companies, a conglomerate of four subsidiaries serving the K-12 and postsecondary education markets, announced it has raised $5 million in a Series A round from SWaN & Legend Venture Partners. But try doing four—simultaneously. He left 2U in 2013.)

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Could “Too Late” Come Too Soon?

The Principal of Change

The first iPhone was announced only in 2007 , before there was even an app store available. Think about what could be done with that phone now and what you can do with the iPhone 6s today. Yet people regretted moving from the iPhone 6 to the iPhone 6s because the changes weren’t that significant. Think about it.

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A Skills Gap From College to Career Doesn't Exist. It's the Awareness Gap We Need to Fix.

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A popular narrative in the employment market today is that a "skills gap" exists between the abilities employers seek in candidates and the capabilities that new college graduates gain through postsecondary education. Beyond skills readily demonstrable from college curriculum (primarily cognitive skills and technical skills), employers.

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What Would Abe Lincoln’s Social Media Campaign Look Like? A New Classroom Use For Twitter and Facebook

Edsurge

During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama and his team pioneered the use of social media as a powerful campaign tool. It’s easy to forget, given how commonplace the use of social media is today, that back in 2008. Both Twitter and the iPhone were less than a year old. How might Stephen Douglas have used Facebook?

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Google Moderator: Cast Your Vote!

The Electric Educator

In April of 2008 Moderator was made publicly available. The most public display of Google Moderator came during the 2008 elections when then candidate Obama used Google Moderator in his " Open for Questions " campaign. Yes, Moderator works on the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad! This form of interaction is often termed " crowdsourcing."

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