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New Markets Venture Partners Adds $30 Million, Former Gates Foundation Executive to Edtech Fund

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His career also includes stops at Microsoft, Schoolnet and Kaplan. From this second fund New Markets has already made several investments: Practice (formerly ApprenNet), a mobile video-based learning tool; Credly , a digital credentialing platform; and Noodle Partners. The Fulton, Md.-based He wisely kept mum on who they are.).

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Google Offers Free Cloud Access to Colleges, Plays Catch Up to Amazon, Microsoft

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Microsoft’s cloud service, Azure, doesn’t fall too far behind, having launched in 2010 and doing business with GE Healthcare and DocuSign. work with Best Buy, Kaplan and Khan Academy. Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud services offer an education partnership in free trials or discounted pricing. For the time being, Microsoft Azure’s.

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gener8tor and ECMC Group’s Inaugural OnRamp Education & Workforce Innovation Accelerator Cohort Addresses Learning & Labor Challenges with Creative, Tech-first Solutions

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At the forefront of this are the many innovative founders and companies developing solutions that positively impact students, workers, companies and our communities. gener8tor’s “OnRamp” model is designed to efficiently connect startups, corporations and capital.

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Today - David Risher from WorldReader.org on "Books for All"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Worldreader uses e-readers, existing mobile phone infrastructure and declining technology costs to put a huge range of digital books in their hands. In 2011, he was named a Microsoft Alumni Foundation Integral Fellow and a Draper Richards Kaplan Social Entrepreneur. With that, Worldreader was born.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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It’s a partnership with Microsoft. Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. Greiff has previously been a partner at the 1776 venture fund and he was also a co-founder of the test prep company Grockit.

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Wednesday's "Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning" Mini-Conference - New Sessions Added

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

To make sure your computer or mobile is configured for Zoom, please visit zoom.us/test. She also holds two Master of Science Degrees in Higher Education minoring in Teaching and Learning and Online Technology from Kaplan University now Purdue University. PLATFORM: The mini-conference platform is Zoom.