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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

This is a podcast for all education trailblazers seeking the cutting edge of professional growth. As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices.

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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

Edsurge

The result is a new nonprofit named Axim Collaborative, and its focus will be on serving learners that higher education has historically left behind. As the group’s new CEO, Stephanie Khurana, put it in an interview with EdSurge this week: “The focus of the mission is to really help postsecondary completion and issues of economic mobility.”

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3 things schools must know about the rising “phigital” student

eSchool News

A major generational clash is underway, says a foremost expert, and it’s affecting all industries, including education. So what does that mean for educators? And more schools are incorporating mobile tablets and smartphones into their curriculum [read about the staggering growth of Chromebook implementation here ].

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

Edsurge

New Markets is bringing back a familiar face to steer its next education investment fund. His career also includes stops at Microsoft, Schoolnet and Kaplan. His newest role—as general partner at New Market Venture Partners—coincides with the first closing on a new education fund. The Fulton, Md.-based

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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

eSchool News

June 17, 2021 — MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA — gener8tor , a concierge startup accelerator program, and ECMC Group , a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization with a mission to help students succeed, have selected five startups to participate in the inaugural OnRamp Education & Workforce Innovation Accelerator.

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Admissions Scandal, Painful Pivots and Other Themes From ASU GSV

Edsurge

Here’s what’s buzzing across an expanding education industry whose focus now spans from early childhood learners to adults throughout their careers. Education as an employee benefit Learning doesn’t stop once you land a job. The truth is: there is privilege in every part of our education, starting in kindergarten,” Duncan said.

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Top 12 apps for law students and the bar exam

Brainscape

Law school app # 1: Black’s Law Dictionary It’s the most widely-used law dictionary in the United States and a trusted staple of any law student’s education: Black’s Law Dictionary. In our next section, we’ll cover the best apps for bar prep; in other words, specifically for studying for the bar exam.

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