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Weld North Education Acquires LearnZillion in Its First K-12 Core Curriculum Deal

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This is the third deal that Weld North Education has done since KKR, a private equity firm and its previous financial backer, sold its stake to Silver Lake in 2018. Curriculum Collector Grayer said that conversations about a possible deal began in early 2018. Under KKR (prior to Silver Lake deal in 2018), it made 13 acquisitions.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

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Maia Sharpley’s career in education includes serving in executive positions with the New York City Department of Education, Kaplan and Charter Schools USA. Since 2018, she has been a partner at Learn Capital, a venture capital fund focused on the global education sector. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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Struggling small colleges are joining the ’sharing economy’ — teaming up to share courses and majors

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Asked which candidate they’d hire for a job, people surveyed by Kaplan University Partners preferred an English major who also has a credential in cybersecurity over someone with only an English or only a cybersecurity degree. Students walk to Shipman Library at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan. It now has 303 member institutions.

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference starts in just over a week! It also found that STEM jobs will be 5% of all jobs by 2018, although demand for the skills is growing rapidly outside those occupations seen as traditionally STEM-related. November 2 - 4, all online, all free. See PDF for more details.)

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Child care, car seats and other simple ways to keep teen moms in school

The Hechinger Report

A slim, poised young woman with waist-length hair, Viviana walked past the principal’s office, along the main hallway, and made a left into the building that houses the school library and the daycare. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. “My Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. She motivates me a lot.”.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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And congrats on being first off the blocks to f**k up education in 2018! And the business of student loans is off to a strong start in 2018 with fundraising news in the venture capital section below. pic.twitter.com/bThvHTXGYD — Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) January 3, 2018. ” Happy New Year, England ! ” Americans wonder.

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Thursday's Microschool Summit - Stories of Starting Schools | Schedule Announced

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

While volunteering at an afterschool code club at the library, he got excited about the power of self-learning. He started a microschool around his kitchen table in January 2018. Her broad experience in the education field has included sales, marketing and administrative positions with prominent companies such as Kaplan, Inc.