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25 education trends for 2018

This is going to be BIG.

Year after year, educators and those invested in education love to speculate about what will take off in the near future. In almost all of the commentary from both educators and industry, the mention of AR and VR for 2018’s big trends were ubiquitous. 2018 promises to be a year that epitomizes the term “transformational.”

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Innovamat tallies up $21M to reinvent math education

TechCrunch

When it comes to education, mathematics has long been considered one of the most challenging of subjects both to learn and to teach. It has been around since 2017, operating initially in Spain before expanding to Italy and several countries in Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru).

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Zen Educate, a marketplace that matches schools with teachers, raises $21M to fuel U.S. expansion

TechCrunch

Zen Educate , an online marketplace that algorithmically matches schools with the best available teachers, has raised £19.3 Founded out of London in 2017, Zen Educate is setting out to supplant the traditional approach to recruiting teachers, a system that typically involves third-party agencies and hefty fees.

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How one YLAI Professional Fellow unlocks potential through mentorship in Antigua and Barbuda

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Janese, a 2017 YLAI Professional Fellow, is the founder of Jan’s Empowerment Institute (JEI) in Antigua and Barbuda. Catherine, Jamaica, she saw her community experiencing low education rates. Her parents instilled in her the importance of education, good morals and values. By Caroline Sachdeva. “I

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Finding your brand identity in 4 steps

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Understand your audience and educate your community. Providing five-minute tips and tricks about what to do and not to do with your computer during these sessions allowed me an easy way to start educating my community as well.” “Taking on bigger (and better funded) competitors is not easy,” says Professor Goldberg.

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Revolutionizing responsible tourism in Nicaragua

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Damaris, a 2017 YLAI Fellow, is working hard to combine her love for her home country of Nicaragua and her love of tourism to give back to those in her country, providing employment and education opportunities across her community. Purpose Driven Tours aims to protect natural resources and educate tourists while traveling as well.

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How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

How a Jamaican financial educator perseveres through adversity. 2018 YLAI Fellow Kenishia Mais, founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform designed to empower young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, faced a lot of adversity on her path to financial success and entrepreneurship.