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10 Things To Know about the Future of Blockchain in Education

Doug Levin

It is for all these reasons that many of the experts at the Blockchain Summit predicted that companies and institutions new to blockchain would first deploy private (permissioned) blockchains , at least until they are more comfortable with the technology.

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Short on financial knowledge, some school districts get bad deals on bonds

The Hechinger Report

Most school districts don’t have a municipal bond expert on staff or on their board, leaving them at the mercy of financial companies to guide them through the bond issuance process. Also, the debt was structured so that the district was making interest-only payments until 2026, increasing the overall cost of the loan.

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