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ThinkCERCA Raises $10.1 Million to Build Critical Thinkers, Readers and Writers

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“Everyone’s worried about people having to learn how to code,” notes Eileen Murphy. Helping students write and reason clearly, critically and concisely is the central mission at her company, ThinkCERCA. Today the Chicago-based company has raised $10.1 Teachers teach writing to improve how kids learn.”

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Game On: Kahoot Snaps Up DragonBox for $18 Million for Its First Acquisition

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Last December, following a Disney investment that valued the company at $376 million , the Oslo-based company made clear its intention to build a pipeline for acquisitions. The company has since expanded its collection of games to cover other math skills, from number sense to geometry proofs. The company also earned $1.9

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Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

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Startups and established tech companies are providing a crash course in entrepreneurship, sending engineers and designers into public schools to mentor students. Andrea, who earned her college degree in English literature in 2012, is a temp in a law firm and drives people around on weekday mornings and through the weekends.

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

The Hechinger Report

In one back room at Skyline High School, you can learn all you need to know about St. For that biomedical project, students had to create a probe and learn to maneuver it sight unseen from behind a curtain on the box’s opening to procure a sample from the intestine/bike tire. “We Photo: Courtesy of Jeffrey Sylvester. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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What Makes Professional Development Work?

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“Don’t call it professional development—call it professional learning.” Vice President and Managing Director at SIIA, made this statement in a recent edWebinar , with Jeff Mao, CEO, Edmoxie LLC, Bruce Umpstead, Director of State Programs at IMS Global Learning Consortium, and Ilya Zeldin, Founder and CEO of 2gnoMe.

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Where Are Quality Instructional Materials for English Language Learners?

MindShift

Craig Brock teaches high school science in Amarillo, Texas, where his freshman biology students are currently learning about the parts of a cell. A nationwide survey of ELL educators by McKinsey & Company during the 2012-13 school year revealed 70 percent created their own materials.

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

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He envisioned a game-based educational platform used by teachers and students to learn about science and the environment. 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 When Tim Kelly started Planet3 in 2013, he aimed for the stars.