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I Worked for ESL Companies with Lousy Curriculums. Here’s What I Learned — And What You Should Look For.

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My then-employer was part of the growing education industry in the Philippines. Likewise, this trend took off in China and grew to be worth many billions of dollars, thanks to companies like VIPKid that eventually hired upward of 100,000 foreign educators—mostly Americans—to tutor millions of kids in China.

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GitHub?s New Education Bundle Equips Students With Industry-Standard Coding Tools

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The company says it’s making these available to any “teaching-focused institution that grants degrees or certificates,” including non-traditional bootcamp-style coding programs. Our mission is to help developers learn to code with the real-world tools of industry.” Used by more than 28 million developers and 1.5

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

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Employees report higher productivity , greater efficiency and less stress , while companies can benefit from lower real estate costs and an expanded talent pool. My former company, Big Universe ( now acquired ) was a fully-virtual operation. We were small, but often credited for operating like a nimble, large company.

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The Major Benefits of Speaking More Than One Language

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Such cognitive advantages are said to result from bilingualism’s mental exercise. National and multinational companies in all types of industries seek multilingual professionals, and being one of them instantly makes you more valuable and versatile.

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My School Learned The Hard Way That Edtech Saves Time, But It Can't Solve Human Problems

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As recently as last year, the SEL industry produced nearly $1.725 billion in sales. While it’s difficult to determine how much has been spent on Edtech , we do know that investments in education technology companies have nearly quadrupled since the beginning of the pandemic.

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Golden State GDPR: What the Edtech Industry Should Know About CA’s New Privacy Rules

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This is a game-changing law that will impact companies in the U.S. Rather, the impact will be felt by all companies that collect personal information of California residents—including those involving minors, which disproportionately impacts K-12 education technology. and globally, and moves the U.S. So what does the law do?

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Discovery Education and Industry Leaders Launch Social-Emotional Learning Coalition to Address Critical Educator and Student Needs with No-Cost Resources

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Designed for all K-12 students and educators, the Center features multi-modal, student-facing digital content aligned to the five SEL competencies from CASEL and includes Virtual Field Trips, videos, podcasts, mindfulness exercises, songs, reading passages, and more. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,