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Maine | August 30, 2021

Maine Virtual Academy (MEVA), a full-time, online public-school serving students in grades 7-11 throughout the state, is ready to kick off the new school year and give students an education option designed to help them reach their full potential. MEVA students and teachers open their laptops to start the 2021-2022 school year Monday, August 30. “While we continue to navigate through the uncertainty of this pandemic, I have full confidence in our teachers to help our students...

Microsoft | May 21, 2020

Minecraft,” the Microsoft-owned game known for its user-driven content has been at the forefront of mainstream games that utilize educational content. Much of this content, which was at first fueled by educators in the “Minecraft” community before Mi...

Education Dive | July 27, 2020

The U.S. Department of Education has announced new details on how it will distribute a $350 million pot of federal coronavirus relief funds among colleges that didn’t initially receive a significant amount of aid.To get their share of the funding, some of the schools will need to submit information to the department about the financial stresses the virus has caused. The new reporting requirements follow criticism the department did not carefully allocate the money.This is the l...

edsurge | January 23, 2020

Of all the education technology startups that could go public next, there’s one that’s likely not on your radar: Busuu, a London-based developer of a language-learning platform. But its co-founder and CEO, Bernhard Niesner, has started to make his case. Niesner claims the company is on track to hit $40 million in revenue in 2020. He says it broke even last year, has reached $14 million in gross bookings, and passed 100 million users at the start of the year with more than 200 corpora...