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Tech, Education, and Making a Difference in South Africa: Meet Justinus Adriaanse

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Nelson Mandela’s 1999 retirement brought these injustices further to the forefront, unveiling the deep-rooted inequalities within South Africa’s education system and society as a whole. Changing course A 2012 ski holiday in Canada triggered a remarkable new realization. The two joined forces with Arlene Mulder and Camille Agon.

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OSSM’s Virtual Center brings added educational opportunities

Innovation 2 Enterprise

OSSM’s Virtual Regional Center brings added educational opportunities and challenges to rural high school students. Jessica Decker, OSSM graduate in 2008, has been an OSSM instructor since 2012 in various courses on the main campus. I know because this education made a difference for me.”. By Scott Meacham.

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Business Ramifications of Legalized Marijuana: Trouble or Growth Opportunity?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Lynette answered questions about changes that have impacted her business since Colorado legalized marijuana in 2012. Q: What business challenges and opportunities has your company experienced? How do we better educate parents and schools about the long-term effects of drugs?” appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Panorama raises $60M in General Atlantic-led Series C to help schools better understand students

TechCrunch

Panorama Education , which has built out a K-12 education software platform, has raised $60 million in a Series C round of funding led by General Atlantic. Clients include the New York City Department of Education, Clark County School District in Nevada, Dallas ISD in Texas and the Hawaii Department of Education, among others.

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Acorns acquires UK’s GoHenry, a fintech focused on 6- to 18-year-olds

TechCrunch

based savings and investing startup Acorns has acquired London-based GoHenry , a startup focused on providing money management and financial education services to 6- to18-year-olds in an all-equity deal, the two companies announced today. GoHenry co-founder Louise Hill said she is “excited about the opportunities” the combination will unlock.

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Chinese live tutoring app Yuanfudao is now worth $15.5 billion

TechCrunch

Yuanfudao , a homework tutoring-app founded in 2012, has raised $2.2 The money will be used to develop curriculum and expand Yuanfudao’s online educational service, amid a larger boom in remote learning. Asia more broadly has a stronger education market because of consumer spending and a cultural focus on outcomes in education.

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Amplitude (W12) is going public

Y Combinator

It is always a good sign when founders come back and, indeed, they came up with a new idea and applied for the Winter 2012 batch. Spenser and Curtis figured this out rapidly and by the spring of 2012 they were searching once again for the right product to build. Amplitude team – February 2015.