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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The Department of Education has released its newly proposed guidelines for school accountability. The Common Core aligned reading software maker had raised $1.8 ” Trends to watch: investors’ interest in English language learning (software). More via The New York Times. More via Politico.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Edsurge points to new guidelines for education companies participating in Y Combinator ’s startup accelerator program. Via Campus Technology : “ Learning Objects Debuts Competency-Based Education Platform.” Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible.