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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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Here’s why 2021 was a banner year for U.S. Our own venture capital firm, New Markets Venture Partners, rode these tailwinds ourselves, successfully selling four companies in Q4 2021 and Q1 2022 at generous valuations. billion in mid-October, 2021, to $62.8 percent since going public in October 2021 at $29/share.

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Tech Apprenticeships Shift the Costs of Higher Ed From Students to Employers

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For decades, companies have offered more or less the same deal to Americans in search of office jobs: You pay for your own higher education and skills training, and then we’ll consider employing you. The model combines paid on-the-job training with classroom instruction. they have mostly been reserved for the skilled trades. “An

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PROOF POINTS: Black and white teachers from HBCUs are better math instructors, study finds

The Hechinger Report

Black elementary students in North Carolina tended to score higher on annual math tests when they were taught by an HBCU-trained teacher, but not necessarily a Black teacher, according to an unpublished study from a Stanford University graduate student. Though not a large number, a quarter of these HBCU-trained teachers were white.

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OPINION: To solve teacher shortages, let’s open pathways for immigrants so they can become educators and role models

The Hechinger Report

Enrollment in New York State’s teacher education programs has declined by 53 percent since 2009. Our working group, UndocuEdu, produced a report in 2021 titled “ The State of Undocumented Educators in New York ” that outlines the challenges undocumented educators face navigating teacher education programs.

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PROOF POINTS: Debunking the myth that teachers stop improving after five years

The Hechinger Report

Philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates popularized the notion in a 2009 TED Talk when he said “ once somebody has taught for three years, their teaching quality does not change thereafter.” That is, the cohort of rookie teachers in 2001 were just as effective as the cohort of rookie teachers in 2009.

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PROOF POINTS: Rural American students shift away from math and science during high school, study finds

The Hechinger Report

More and more jobs require training in science, technology, engineering and math. Some of the clues are contained in this June 2021 data analysis conducted by two researchers at Claremont Graduate University and Indiana University. Map: National Center for Education Statistics, Status of Education in Rural America, Exhibit C.

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Degreed Raises $75 Million to Expand Corporate Learning Platform

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For McCarthy, it was a small sign among many that international countries like India had become powerful markets for corporate training companies like Degreed. “A But relying on company training budgets could prove a risky bet during a potential economic downturn. Companies outside the U.S. are now 20 percent.”