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Edtech Bootstrapping 101: A Survival Story

Edsurge

On the other hand, there is a paucity of coverage about edtech companies that grow their businesses with little or no venture capital or outside investment. Bootstrapped companies rarely have “unicorn” potential and most aren’t nearly as sexy as their venture-backed counterparts. In a way, it makes sense. Below is our story.

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What School Could Be—and What Education Investors Get Wrong

Edsurge

Rather, meet Ted Dintersmith, who has spent nearly 20 years as a partner at Charles River Ventures, an early-stage investment firm. These days, he’s no longer spending time in company boardrooms, but rather in schools and classrooms. I went to all 50 states in 2015 and 2016, visiting a couple hundred schools.

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Is strength-based learning a “magic bullet?”

The Hechinger Report

The one Galt’s fourth-graders take comes from the CliftonStrengths Youth Explorer, a framework developed and sold by Gallup, the 82-year-old management consulting company best known for its public opinion polling. From 2014-15 to 2016-17, the percentage of the district’s students meeting or exceeding standards rose from 37 to 43.1

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How Can the College Application Process Be Improved?

MindShift

Schools that have joined the coalition — including all the Ivy League schools, more than 30 public and research universities as well as small liberal arts colleges — must meet certain requirements, including a high graduation rate and meeting a large portion of demonstrated financial need or offering low in-state tuition.

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What’s school without grade levels?

The Hechinger Report

Two teachers, known as “academic advisors,” were on call to field questions and ensure everybody stayed on task (the teachers also lead weekly seminars or labs to bolster the computer work). At Northern Cass, momentum for change began during the district’s 2016 accreditation renewal when staff checked up on students after graduation.

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The Rough Beasts of Ed-Tech

Hack Education

Indeed, I can’t go anywhere these days – inside or outside the US, on- or offline – without hearing panicky questions and proclamations about November 2016, the upcoming Presidential Election, and what the hell is going on with Donald Trump. Doing so will even raise your credit score. ” The price tag for that: $35,000.

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MIT, Yale and other elite colleges are finally reaching out to rural students

The Hechinger Report

Driving hours and hours on the road to meet with five students, that’s really hard,” said Betley. It’s also getting worse, down from 61 percent in 2016 , the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center says. It follows a long history of neglect of rural areas by many colleges and universities.

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