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Some Professors Fight Study-Help Sites. Other Professors Now Use Them.

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Soon someone from the company reached out to her to offer her full access to the site for free, which costs students either $39.95 All she had to do was fill out a faculty profile, and she happily answered questions about how she had used the service and did an interview for an article on the company’s website. per month, or $119.40

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That’s a Rap! Nearpod Buys Educational Hip Hop Creator, Flocabulary

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It’s out of the ordinary when Nearpod buys a company. Today it’s adding Flocabulary, to bring hip hop to the library. Combined, the two companies claim they will reach more than 7 million U.S. Through this deal, Nearpod will add one of the more unique, coveted collections of online educational resources to its library.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via CMX : “ How Edcamp Scaled Up 1,500 Community Events Connecting Educators All Over the World.” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total. The learn-to-code company has raised $1.19 Very thorough research, gj. million total.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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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. Students would be required to pay.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “My Statement: White House HBCU Event” by Dillard University president Walter Kimbrough. ” (Did you know he recorded his first mixtape at the Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia studio ?). ” Reminder: here are the education companies Palantir founder Peter Thiel has invested in. ”).