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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Verge : “ France bans smartphone use in schools.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Washington Post : “ A South Carolina school district just abolished snow days – and will make students learn online.” National) Education Politics. ” JFC.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.” ” “The average age for a child getting their first smartphone is now 10.3 ” Via NPR : “ Paying Students May Raise Test Scores, But The Lesson Is Not Over.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “As In-Person Bootcamps Falter, Codecademy Introduces Paid Online Options.” Pretty sure this is the best MOOC story of the week: “ Russian Underground Launches Online Courses in Card Fraud ,” Infosecurity Group reports.