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Conner’s district, is schools will become hubs, teachers will become learning accelerators, and students will become co-authors of their own education. This edWeb broadcast was hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network, providing premier professional learning for educational leaders.
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a favorite target of critics of the for-profit school industry, has named former Catapult Learning official Stuart J. Udell most recently served as CEO of Catapult Learning Inc., On its website, Catapult Learning describes itself as the largest provider of contracted K-12 services in the United States. Udell as its CEO.
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With nearly 15 million students and almost 300K formative assessment items on our combined platform, the opportunity to personalize learning is groundbreaking,” said Adam Berger, managing director at Insight Venture Partners and chairman of the new Illuminate Education. It will be business as usual,” said Willig.
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