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Conference Circuit: Education Technology Advocates Cross Digital Divides

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A Boston accelerator brings community members together to discuss ways to improve and expand use of technology to improve education. These challenges inspired this year’s theme of Boston education technology accelerator LearnLaunch Institute ’s annual conference , “Across Boundaries: Delivering on Edtech’s Promise.”

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The Commish: Scandal-Plagued Fantasy Sports Group Brings in New Leadership

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In an effort to get ahead of the scandals facing its industry, the Fantasy Sports Trade Association announced a plan to create a control board led by a former Obama administration official. FSTA recently announced it was moving an event from Nevada in protest of that state changing its rules around daily fantasy sports.

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Beer Institute Launches Voluntary Calorie-Labeling Plan

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The beer industry wants you to know more about the beverages you’re drinking—and with more detail than “great taste” or “less filling” might offer. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., The plan by the trade group, which represents the large-scale brewers that make up most of the U.S. and New Belgium Brewing Co.