Betsy Corcoran

Founder & CEO of EdSurge.com, which provides news and information about everything in education technology

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EdSurge founder & CEO, previously Executive Editor for technology coverage at Forbes Media and an award-winning staff writer for the Washington Post & Scientific American

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