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Inspiration from the Resilience of Educators

Education Elements

A planned all-day, company-wide training and retreat was canceled, as we checked in on teammates in the D.C. Sad and overwhelmed, I remarked to my team, ‘This is one of the few times I’m not happy to be “the social media person”’. area, and reached out to partners, family, and friends to see how we might support them.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

SoFi : a student loan company and one of the most well-funded ed-tech companies out there sure seems swell. ” “ Delta Career Education Corporation , a privately held for-profit college company, is phasing out seven of its campuses,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Vemo Education has raised $7.4

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” WeWork, an eight-year-old company that has raised almost $7 billion in funding, has committed to pay some $18 billion in rent. And some related humor from McSweeney’s : “Quick Facts About the Silicon Valley Microschool That’s Disrupting Education.”). ” Venture Capital and the Business of Education.