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5 Ed-Tech Ideas Face The Chronicle’s Version of ‘Shark Tank’

Wired Campus

And then when they’re done with our program, they can take those skills and the self-awareness that they learn to go to college and make the most of that time. If they are in the right place, they can go directly into the work force, or they can choose to go and participate in a hard-skill training program like General Assembly.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

This Bootcamp Will Train Sales Chops (and Even Pay For It).” No mention that Lexia Learning is owned by Rosetta Stone. ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total. Via Edsurge : “Tech Needs More Than Coders.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Perhaps the district didn’t know what New York City learned when it audited its old data portal : it found that less than 3% of parents had ever logged in. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. Brain Training. You're sexist. Unbundling".

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