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Business partnerships with community colleges help funnel workers into better jobs

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Anyone who passes a short online assessment can enroll, and in-state students who pass the course receive a partial refund from the college. Mesa Community College offers a wire harness assembly boot camp taught by Boeing employees. Credit: Brandon Sullivan for The Hechinger Report.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Founded by two educators in 2008, Edmodo experienced a number of leadership changes this decade. Aaron Swartz, 2008. Although YouTube was founded in 2005, it has seen an explosion in growth this decade, in part from the ubiquity of mobile devices: anytime, anywhere television-watching. Edsurge ’s Tony Wan asked in 2016.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” From the Republican National Convention: TurnItIn was pleased , I’m sure, to be invoked many times following Melania Trump ’s convention speech, which plagiarized passages from Michelle Obama ’s 2008 speech. The company, which helps universities build mobile apps, has raised $17.4 trashes U.S. million total.