Microsoft's latest acquisition focuses on social education

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Its buying Flipgrid, the creator of an educational platform that fosters social-emotional skills like communication and bouncing back from failure.The tech giant hasnt said how it will integrate Flipgrid with the rest of its lineup, but its starting by making the platform free to schools (they can get prorated refunds if theyve subscribed).Microsoft has promised that Flipgrids offerings will still work with other "partner ecosystems," so Google-centric classrooms wont suddenly lose a portion of their curriculum.The move makes sense given Microsofts changing role in schools.The company has lost ground to Google in education on a number of fronts, including PCs (Chromebooks are increasingly common ) and cloud services.

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