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Hack Education Weekly News

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” There’s more on legal battles involving student loan companies in the business of financial aid section below. Via Inside Higher Ed : “Donald De La Haye started making YouTube videos long before he joined the University of Central Florida ’s football team. The student loan company has raised $803.6

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

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At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Okay, okay.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Twitter announced big layoffs this week – 9% of its staff – and said it would shutter its video app Vine. The company said that it would keep the Vine website online, but you should probably download anything you’ve got there. Via the New York Magazine : “The Death of Vine Makes the Internet a Worse Place.”