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How Merger of Two Textbook Giants Could Impact Course Materials

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The merger between the publishers must meet regulatory approval, but officials say it could be completed by early next year. She also worried about the amount of data that a company of that size would have on students. The future of publishing is not about content, it’s about data and data analytics,” she argued.

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Acquisition Autopsy: Details—and Questions—Behind MissionU’s $4M Sale to WeWork

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In addition to MissionU’s institutional investors, the company attracted executives and well-known names in the education industry including Chip Paucek (CEO of 2U), Dan Rosenzweig (CEO of Chegg) and Ted Dintersmith, a former investor-turned-education philanthropist. WeWork’s founders invited MissionU’s executive team to meet on Feb.

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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

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But at an all-hands meeting at the company’s Washington, D.C. Planet3 found its biggest backer in Rob Roy, CEO of Las Vegas-area data center services company Switch, which invested $10 million in the company in 2015. He had the money, at least $13 million raised by July 2016. Some employees heard the news on a conference call.

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Top 80 Apps for Schools

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Here are some of the best homework help apps for your students: Chegg Brainly Khan Academy Socratic Egenda myHomework Flash Cards Quizlet 4. Whether you need to present complex data in an interesting format for school or work, these infographic making apps are great: Adobe Express Desygner Design Lab 8.

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

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Course might meet once a week for three hours, might meet once a week for an hour, maybe it meets every other week. So why not think of a better way to do it where if I’m doing case studies, I meet once a week for two hours? But I think there’s ways we need to change some of that thinking. You put the schedule in it.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches Youth Portal to educate teens on the platform, how their data is being used.” Bill Gates dishes on his meetings with Donald Trump. Chegg has acquired WriteLab for $15 million.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Gamasutra : “Parents take Subway Surfers devs to court over alleged misuse of kids’ data.” ” A master of science in data journalism from Columbia University’s School of Journalism. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” In Journalism?”