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Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

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Fifth graders Davonayshia Hollis, left, and Denaya Rippey, review a group entrepreneurial project for a parent-approved music device, developed in a mentorship program, Thursday May 19, 2016, at Brooklyn’s P.S. 307 in New York. Some companies already encourage their employees to mentor young people through formal or informal programs.

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

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A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The district partners with more than 60 companies, adminstrators say, many in the Boulder-Longmont area. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

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He had the money, at least $13 million raised by July 2016. But at an all-hands meeting at the company’s Washington, D.C. But at an all-hands meeting at the company’s Washington, D.C. Some employees hoped the company could turn around and stayed on without pay. “We Some employees heard the news on a conference call.

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Take Two: Clever’s Newest Effort to Help Teachers Try Before They Buy Edtech

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Provisioning apps quickly and securely has been core to Clever’s business since it was founded in 2012. With the Clever Library, the company aims to give teachers more agency in finding and trying new products. In early 2016, it launched Co-Pilot to give schools free 30-day trials of edtech software built by other companies.

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‘They just saw me as a dollar sign’: How some certificate schools profit from vulnerable students

The Hechinger Report

For-profit schools, such as Salter and others owned by its parent company, Premier Education Group, have zeroed in on this market. The company posted more than $175 million in profits between 2004 and 2014, according to a 2016 lawsuit filed by a former company CEO who alleged that he was owed bonus pay. Weekly Update.

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