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Startup uLesson Lands $3.1M To Improve Education In Africa

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Founded this year by Sim Shagaya, uLesson is working to lesson educational gaps in the region by integrating mobile platforms, SD cards, cultural curriculum and a network of tutors. To remedy this, uLesson is offering an app-based home education kit for students that includes a dongle, SD card and a set of headphones.

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Beyond the numbers: What teaching shortages look like in practice

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In a recent report , we reviewed the size and scope of the national teacher shortage using data from a wide range of public and private sources, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Center for Education Statistics, the RAND Corporation, and others. and Edgenuity Inc.

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Dr. Annamaria Lusardi: FinTech Is Great, But No Substitute For Teaching Kids Financial Literacy

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We take a similar attitude when it comes basic math and science — but when it comes to financial literacy, only 21 states require financial education, Dr. Annamaria Lusardi recently told Karen Webster. These aren’t things that people just pick up without formal education. “No Money is also typically an issue.

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Outschool On Tailoring Subscription To Online Children’s Education

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The internet has consequently become an essential part of the educational experience for many young learners. One online learning platform working to meet this demand is Outschool , a San Francisco-based educational subscription marketplace providing thousands of online classes on a wide variety of subjects — with a twist.

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Pokémon’s New Retail Customer Acquisition Math

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Oculus Rift rose from being a plucky crowdfunded upstart to a $2 billion dollar acquisition by Facebook – a deal that Marc Zuckerberg touted at the time as a first step toward using AR/VR tech to connect the entire world in wholly different ways.

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Byju's Raises $500M In Funding Round Led By Silver Lake

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Indian educational technology firm Byju's has gotten a leg up from a $500 million funding round led by private equity titan Silver Lake , Bloomberg reported. The push comes from the current trend in India for parents to seek online alternatives to education due to the pandemic. Byju's valuation is now at about $10.8 And in the U.S.,

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Resetting Work/Life Balance By Getting Paid For Expertise

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So, there were one-on-one meetings, and then there were group education meetings. And so, I felt like how I grew was by the more that I learned, the more I was able to educate people on. And so, I started then providing educational meetings on social security, and Medicare, and other topics, state planning.

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