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+ Flip Video Co-Founder Launches Rival To Khan Academy: Knowmia Led by Flip video co-founder Ariel Braunstein and former Flip marketing executive Scott Kabat, Knowmia will offer video lectures … but on a wider spectrum of subjects and with a wider variety of teachers than Sal Khan’s project does. MORE

+ Roundup: Khan Academy Launches Computer Science Academy Khan Academy turned a major corner in its evolution and development this month as it launches a computer science training program that could rival CodeAcademy and others. Here’s a roundup of how the tech media covered the announcement. MORE

+ America’s Math Problem: Should The US Subtract Algebra Education? Half of community-college students take remedial classes, and only 10 percent of those who do graduate within three years, Business Week reported in May. And a fifth of four-year college students enroll in remediation, of whom only about a third graduate in six years. MORE

+ Mark Cuban Calls On Universities To Invest In Digital Job Skills Training “I’m talking about FREE educational resources, anyone with the focus and inclination and access to a pc on the net has a chance to learn a digital skill that can be of value to these new digital companies …