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It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy. The new company will be called Touch Press (which was the name of another company that StoryToys acquired last year). ” asks “Dean Dad” Matt Reed. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Mostly tutoring companies.). “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. ” Education Dive profiles Khan Academy’s Khan Lab School. (It The business of OER.

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” (This reminds me that I need to write something about the history of Montessori and why all sorts of companies have appropriated the brand.). ” (Among those education companies in Binary Capital’s investment portfolio : Educents.). Tutoring company Ruangguru has raised $7 million in Series B funding.

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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.

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The NAACP endorses OER. Greiff has previously been a partner at the 1776 venture fund and he was also a co-founder of the test prep company Grockit. Jeff Fernandez, the co-founder of the online learning company Grovo , has resigned. His other two co-founders are gone from the company too, says Axios’ Dan Primack.

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This Edsurge article – “ OER is Growing at Religious Colleges , But Raises Unique Challenges” – strikes me as a little weird, considering the long relationship between open education (the conference, at the very least) and former BYU professor David Wiley. .” What’s next?” ” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

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Khan Academy launches free Official LSAT Prep ,” says the Khan Academy blog. “Some Thoughts on OER ” by Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Denny Sanford, whose company – checks notes – sells social emotional learning curriculum to schools. million total.