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ETS Tests the Waters of Investing in Education Technology Startups

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Each company received $75,000 from Village Capital and $50,000 from ETS. These two companies were identified through a competition that Village Capital has organized since 2009. At a time when startups are raising megarounds , those amounts may seem like a paltry figure.

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It’s Game Over for the Institute of Play. But Its Legacy Lives On.

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It has published research and games, facilitated trainings and workshops, and even designed schools. The experimental institution, called Quest to Learn , opened its doors in 2009 and became the subject of many books and articles. educational institutions. Just as important as the work the institute produced, adds Tekinba?,

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 Edtech Companies With Asia-Based Investors. Based Company. Authess $2.2

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The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts

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MAPLE facilitates networking events, focus groups, workshops and “learning tours” where educators visit each other’s schools. It implemented a 1:1 device-to-student model in its middle schools in 2009, and expanded that to high schools in 2013. The fox is guarding the henhouse,” the MTA letter reads. This is wrong.”.

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My journey from teacher to teacherpreneur

The Cornerstone for Teachers

In 2009, I turned my passion for helping other teachers into a career as an educational consultant based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Brooklyn, NY. I founded my own publishing company and professional development organization called Due Season Press and Educational Services.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

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Heather Hunter, a psychology major at Wichita State University who has a part-time job in a foster-care agency, said only four high school students in foster care showed up for a workshop to help them fill out that federal form required to qualify for financial aid. Last year, 50 did. It’s so sad. They’re like, ‘Why should I go to college?

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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

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Around 2009, Lee learned about the Junior Theater Festival (JTF) in Atlanta, where students from across the country gather for three days to compete, take workshops and nerd out over musical theater. Instructors Kyle Garvin and Hannah Balagot, both professional theater performers, teach choreography to students at Yung Wing School.

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