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Hack Education Weekly News

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.” Via Education Dive : “ The Iron Yard and Code Fellows , have partnered with nonprofit financial literacy organization Operation HOPE to create a $100 million scholarship fund to spur minority and low-income student engagement in tech fields.” Meanwhile on Campus. ” “The U.S.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. Publishers have sought to restrict libraries’ access to e-book lending, for example, blaming libraries for declining sales. billion by 2025. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.”

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