EdBizWatch

Quick-scan the top articles in edu-tech. Keep watch on the investments, who's who, news and op-eds in learning tech. See who's placing bets, where, and why

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Programming ed tech startup, General Assembly, sells to Adecco for $413 million | TechCrunch https://t.co/4BryE45ZYU

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Google unveils new Chrome OS tablets right before Apple shows off its new hardware — Quartz https://t.co/LeyPb6x9wX

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The forgetting curve explains why learning is hard — Quartz https://t.co/lpc5L5203j

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“There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.” —George Washington, Address to Congress, January 8, 1790 HT @sciam

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In Children's Storybooks, Realism Has Advantages : NPR https://t.co/kQUhm61TUn

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Learning to Learn: You, Too, Can Rewire Your Brain - The New York Times https://t.co/inAGofUxYn

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The Silicon Valley Billionaires Remaking America’s Schools - @nytimes https://t.co/6G3Gos6JIh @natashanyt

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Test time in china "Prayers before China's "gaokao" exam season" | Reuters https://t.co/jPnT1YW2h5

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How Video Games Amplify Learning - DML Central https://t.co/AMN4XFUYMY

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On assessment tests video games players outperformed those who didn’t use games & just had traditional instruction https://t.co/Fa4w0NmDAc

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How Google Took Over the Classroom - The New York Times https://t.co/mvQianKjNq

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The Myth of the College Dropout | Observer https://t.co/9YLp23QYkq @JonathanLWai

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Microsoft Looks to Regain Lost Ground in the Classroom - The New York Times https://t.co/TER4ILQP3e

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Hadi Partovi Started https://t.co/BE915F7UAz To Introduce All Students, Especially Girls, To Computer Science https://t.co/Sjw6Ui7YbA

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How Do Massively Open Online Courses Compare To In-Person Instruction For Learning Programming? https://t.co/KqKST3nqxF

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New York State reaches deal to provide free tuition for SUNY and CUNY students https://t.co/o7m4btS4Ag

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Where Non-Techies Can Get With the Programming - The New York Times https://t.co/NvV6uzxDJY

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Who Needs Charters When You Have Public Schools Like These? - The New York Times https://t.co/dUqbLoG8r6

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A New Kind of Jobs Program for Middle America, Code Schools - WSJ https://t.co/zFcvXD8ymY

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Pearson Posts $3.3 Billion Loss as It Faces Down U.S. Collapse | https://t.co/8e5K9VYnnm https://t.co/X1OvHq3RqS