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” More on the policy change via IHE. ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. .” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “DeVos Withdraws Obama-Era Memos Focused on Improving Loan Servicing.” “A bipartisan proposal in the U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Chalkbeat on vouchers in Indiana : “Choice for most: In nation’s largest voucher program, $16 million went to schools with anti-LGBT policies.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. I missed this news back in February: Chegg acquired RefMe. . “Privileged Whites.” ” Holy s**t.

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“ States Are Adopting More Computer Science Policies. ” A data breach at Chegg – more details in the data and surveillance section below. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “Culturally Sensitive Robots Are Here to Care for the Elderly ,” Futurism.com claims. Does He Want To?

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the nation’s largest virtual charter school management company , as president of academics, policy, and schools. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Chegg has acquired Cogeon for $15 million. Duke University’s Kieran Healy posts his cover letter to a rather wild job announcement from MIT Media Lab.

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” “The Trump Administration Just Rescinded Obama-Era Guidance on Race-Conscious Admissions Policies. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. It shaped policy. Chegg has acquired the flashcard app StudyBlue for $20.8 ” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education in turn. “Groupthink” even.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. 3D Printing.

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