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September 25, 2013 03:02 am GMT

Elance, SkilledUp & Smarterer Launch New Learning Platform To Let You Learn, Validate & Find Work In One Place

Screen Shot 2013-09-24 at 3.59.28 PMEveryone knows that the educational system in the U.S. hasn't changed much in, oh, the last 100 years. And that there's a lot of inertia within the system, gumming the gears and slowing its transformation. But rather than change for change's own sake -- or because everything technology does is great! -- the current system just isn't working anymore. Drop out rates are "too damn" high, as is the cost of education and student debt, especially considering the fact that U.S. students are underperforming across the board.

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