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English Teacher Rethinks Grammar Lessons -- With an App

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English Teacher Rethinks Grammar Lessons -- With an App
1:23:17 AMSarah Kessler
In the last eight years, high school English teacher Jeff Scheur has graded 15,000 papers. He estimates that each time he collects a new round of essays from his 150 students, it takes him about 40 hours to read them, fill out grading rubrics and...



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Legal Blogging: How to Craft the Right Strategy
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:16 PMKevin O'Keefe
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Zynga's Purchase of Draw Something: 'It's Going To Be Drawsome'
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Zynga Snaps Up 'Draw Something' Creator OMGPOP for $180 Million
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Startup SendHub Lets You Send Mass SMS to Students, Clients
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What Kind of Startup Is Right for You?
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Hotel Booking Site Tingo Gives Refunds After Price Drops
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:58 PMSamantha Murphy
When you book a hotel online, there's always a chance that the price will drop later and you'll be stuck paying more than you have to. A new hotel booking site called Tingo -- which was launched on Wednesday by Smarter Travel Media, a subsidiary...



How Chipotle Uses Social Media to Cultivate a Better World
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HP Merges PC and Printer Units in Major Restructuring
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:12 AMStan Schroeder
Hewlett-Packard will merge Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) and its Personal Systems Group (PSG) - its PC and printer businesses - into one subdivision called the Printing and Personal Systems Group, the company has announced. The new entity will...



 
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