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• Desire2Learn raises $80 million in venture funding
• Which Is Worse? Hungry Kids or Fat Kids?
• 'Magic Pen' Helps High School Teachers Dig Deeper Into Math Lessons
• Why Thousands of K-12 Teachers Are Turning to SchoolTube

Desire2Learn raises $80 million in venture funding Posted: 04 Sep 2012 04:29 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - Desire2Learn Inc, a Canadian technology company that develops online learning systems, said on Tuesday that it secured $80 million in venture funding to help strengthen its infrastructure and boost its prospects for growth. The privately held company is based in Ontario's Kitchener-Waterloo area, near BlackBerry maker Research In Motion . Desire2Learn said the backing comes from U.S. venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates and OMERS Ventures - the venture capital arm of Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, one of Canada's largest pension fund managers. ...

Which Is Worse? Hungry Kids or Fat Kids? Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:40 AM PDT The latest conflict over New York City school cafeterias has the city dishing out fewer calories than federal nutrition guidelines recommend, leading critics to argue that the city is more worried about fat kids than starving ones. "Our mentality is to feed food to children, not nutrients to astronauts," the New York Department of Education's Eric S. Goldstein told Baker. ...

'Magic Pen' Helps High School Teachers Dig Deeper Into Math Lessons Posted: 04 Sep 2012 08:27 AM PDT Pretend you're a high school student getting your nightly Facebook fix. As you scroll through your news feed, what do you see? Photos, gossip, YouTube videos, and calculus homework.

Why Thousands of K-12 Teachers Are Turning to SchoolTube Posted: 03 Sep 2012 04:50 PM PDT Forget the days of bringing an item for show and tell.

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