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Tracking the K-12 marketplace and new approaches to schooling, September 12, 2018. [View as web page.](TKOCK1u0N:m:1:3125711346:CD5B8F6326C988773BC311F9F79AA297:r) [Education Week -- Advertisement](TKOCK1u0N:m:1:3125711346:CD5B8F6326C988773BC311F9F79AA297:r) [Daily coverage of education news, commentary, special reports, and top jobs.](TKOCK1u0N:m:1:3125711346:CD5B8F6326C988773BC311F9F79AA297:r:2303973) [Princeton Review Weathers Layoffs, Changes in Test-Prep Market](TKOCK1u0N:m:1:3125711346:CD5B8F6326C988773BC311F9F79AA297:r:2303973) [Princeton Review Weathers Layoffs, Changes in Test-Prep Market](TKOCK1u0N:m:1:3125711346:CD5B8F6326C988773BC311F9F79AA297:r:2303973) Former employees at the Princeton Review say the company has been battered by layoffs. But the test-prep giant says it has strengthened its ability to compete. 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