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Chinese Edtech Sees $1.86B in Q1 2019, Bucking Plummeting Venture Trend

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secured a $15 million Series A round to further develop its STEM platform for preschool students. In the language-learning market, Dada raised $255 million in its Series D round. As we wrote in our previous article, “ Decoding 2018 China’s Education Market ,” small online classes are also expected to become a major trend.

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Join Us for the Third Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 23rd, 2018 in Boston

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The third annual Global Leadership Summit will be held on Friday, March 23rd, 2018 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm at 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA. He has experience providing strategic support to districts and school leadership around global competence, competency-based learning, school development and the implementation of project-based learning.

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The Four Biggest Challenges to Implementing Maine's Proficiency-Based Diploma

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Maine has long been an innovator in education, stemming back to the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Now all eyes are on our corner of the country as we transition from a traditional seat-time high school diploma to a proficiency-based diploma. First, the basics.

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The 2018 Global Leadership Summit - March 23rd, 2018 in Boston

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The third annual Global Leadership Summit will be held on Friday, March 23rd, 2018 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm at 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA. He has experience providing strategic support to districts and school leadership around global competence, competency-based learning, school development and the implementation of project-based learning.

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Why a K-12 Operating System is the Next Step in the Evolution of Edtech

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Learn More About Kiddom Academy For Schools: 3 Ways a Company Can Personalize Its Support for Teachers. Kiddom Pilot’s 2018 Scope and Sequence. Learn more about Kiddom Academy. Nor could I customize features to align with my class set-up, or remove certain features altogether. Apply to Kiddom's Pilot program.

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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. Although sometimes talked about as a “movement,” Mozilla’s Open Badges Project was really more of a technical specification, one that was transferred from Mozilla to IMS Global Learning Consortium in 2017. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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