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Impatient with universities’ slow pace of change, employers go around them

The Hechinger Report

With a huge shortage of college graduates in data and computer science, tech companies are taking matters into their own hands and providing education directly to prospective tech workers. The industry would be very satisfied if higher education was taking care of it,” said Eaton. “I CompTIA projects that 1.8

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This Workforce Partnership Trains Tech Talent. Can It Boost Civic Engagement Too?

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The tall ceilings, roof-top windows, exposed steel beams and air ducts hints at its industrial past. A couple decades later, tractors were assembled here for Caterpillar, the construction machinery company. The PilotCity co-founder describes the company as a “city innovation engine powered by education.”

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Edtech Bootstrapping 101: A Survival Story

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In the education technology industry, we see an abundance of press covering venture-backed startups and their funding rounds, acquisitions and other noteworthy milestones. On the other hand, there is a paucity of coverage about edtech companies that grow their businesses with little or no venture capital or outside investment.

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Impatient for workers, businesses help students take college shortcuts

The Hechinger Report

Many of his friends took the same shortcut to good jobs at companies including Sony and Lockheed Martin. The skills academy at which Seck teaches is run by Synchrony, a national financial services company headquartered in Stamford. Synchrony is among a growing number of companies getting involved in job skills training.

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WHAT’S NEW

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BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. It was designed to meet the needs of larger classrooms while still remaining compact and lightweight.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” OpenSecrets.org on how the student loan industry and higher ed institutions spend their lobbying dollars : “The politics behind your college and how you pay for it.” The company has $8.3 million total.

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Education Technology and the History of the Future of Credentialing

Hack Education

The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College (ACCJC), the accreditor for California’s community colleges, lost its appeal to the Department of Education in January and will have a year to resolve the issues surrounding its not meeting federal accreditation standards. Jobs for Grads. Preferably from Stanford.)