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9 Good Online Math Tutoring Websites for Kids and Students

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Brighterly.com Educators at Brighterly are committed to providing only the most incredible learning opportunities for children. In the teaching process, these experts rely on tried-and-true techniques like worksheets and practical exercises. Chegg Chegg is a website and app where students can access a wide range of resources.

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Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding

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And its announcement of a $40 million Series D round, led by Owl Ventures, is recognition of years of growth at the forefront of programming education. We’ve been cashflow positive for more than 18 months at this point … I think that's a rarity in the world of technology startups and in the world of fast-growth, education-technology startups.”

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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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As a string of online-education companies have gone public, including Chegg, Coursera, Kahoot and others, it seems that investors have decided that there’s enough public interest in digital learning, and they want in. Yasuko Kanno, chair of Boston University’s Language and Literacy Education department, agrees.

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

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The Brooklyn-based company best known for fusing hip hop with educational content in music videos and instructional activities, has been acquired by Nearpod , which helps educators beam digital content to students’ devices. We asked, but he declined.) Combined, the two companies claim they will reach more than 7 million U.S.

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Comparing spaced repetition algorithms

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Similarly, study game apps like Quizlet and DuoLingo have added some intelligent repetition for exercises consistently answered incorrectly, including matching , multiple-choice , and fill-in-the-blank style questions that are interspersed within subsequent units' lessons or activities (even if only in a minimal or rudimentary way).

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Top 80 Apps for Schools

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

With the growing use of technology in education, it's becoming increasingly important for schools to be up-to-date with the latest apps and teaching tools. There is no shortage of educational apps available today, but choosing the right ones can be tricky. Which ones are worth investing in?

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To Save Its Campus Bookstore, This University Took It Online

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The service can distribute open educational resources, or OER, textbooks that are available to professors and students for free. The Alaska campus’ online bookstore has relieved the university from the complicated exercise of guessing how many physical copies of each book it needed to stock.

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