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6 trends to watch in K-12 schools in 2024

eSchool News

For-profit and nonprofit companies are also continuing to grow to fuel the microschool movement—from Wildflower School’s Montessori microschools to Acton Academy and Kaipod Learning. This post originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is reposted here with permission. It’s unclear at best.

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Toilet Paper Hands: Empowering Students With Skills-Based Economic Education to Accelerate Financial Literacy

eSchool News

The learning resources provide comprehensive instruction with practice materials to reinforce the lessons and help students achieve optimal outcomes. The complete multimedia learning system is designed as a financial competencies-based learning resource for educators.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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