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Fighting Apathy, Neglect and Racism to Give Left-Behind Learners a Chance

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In 2012 I took a job as a general education language arts teacher, working with at-risk youths. In 2012, I transferred to McClarin Success Academy in Fulton County School District. This started with a pre-test, many of which are available via online programs with one huge caveat: assigning a generic pre-test is a waste of time.

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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. In early 2016, it launched Co-Pilot to give schools free 30-day trials of edtech software built by other companies. For Edulastic, an online assessment provider, being on the platform helped close deals. “If

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless. 3D Printing. I know, I know.

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