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Certiport Names 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist US National Champions

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Orlando, Florida – Certiport, a Pearson VUE business and the leading provider of performance-based IT certification exams that accelerate academic and career opportunities for learners, today announced the winners of the 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist US National Championship. in the United States and other countries. .

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Certiport Recognizes Washington Teacher as Educator of the Year

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Air Force, DynCorp Aerospace, and the Boeing Company. She is beloved by her students both past and present. Dr. Mike Snow, Executive Director of Secondary Teaching and Learning, Lake Stevens School District said, “Karen is never satisfied with what is presented to her. She’s always looking to make things better.

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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

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higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. Used books present an anathema for textbook publishers, which don’t see any revenue from their sale. By contrast, digital materials have no resale value.

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Why the World’s Youngest Continent Got an Edtech Accelerator

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Secondary schools can only take in 36 percent of students who finish primary school. Yet for Jamie Martin, the most daunting challenges also present the greatest opportunities. In return, Injini takes up to 15 percent of equity in each company. “We Sometimes a school chain will even buy out a company.” Yet the U.S.

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Bankers, Buyers and Warriors: Reporter’s Notebook From the 2017 ASU+GSV Summit

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Almost all of the PreK to 12 programming clustered in the Little America hotel, while the post-secondary, workforce training and company suites clustered in the more opulent Grand America across the street. That’s generally how much companies have to generate for most major banks to consider working with them to find a buyer.

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Futuring open education at the University of Mary Washington OER Summit

Bryan Alexander

Another: individual faculty are often caught between publishers (so far, everyone here hates sales reps) and their tenure/hiring/promotion/review companies (strong sense of long-serving profs as obstacles). I’m also presenting, on the future of open education. That includes a set of scenarios. How would you learn about them?

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Futuring open education at the University of Mary Washington OER Summit

Bryan Alexander

Another: individual faculty are often caught between publishers (so far, everyone here hates sales reps) and their tenure/hiring/promotion/review companies (strong sense of long-serving profs as obstacles). I’m also presenting at this Summit, on the future of open education. That includes a set of scenarios.

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