Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Senate to serve as Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical and Adult Education and Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development , respectively.” ” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? in 2016 on a student visa.”

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JUNE 16, 2018

” (Related: “Theranos investor Tim Draper blames the company’s downfall on an investigative journalist,” Business Insider reports.). ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. ” Testing. .”

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

The move comes after criticism from government watchdogs who warned of financial entanglements with private companies vying for millions in GI Bill tuition.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs are dead , according to Udacity ’s VP. “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Bush administration, as senior policy adviser.” Yes, “that pays superintendents to attend meetings with educational tech companies.” ” Here’s a list of the companies that work with ERDI. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Civil Rights Groups Sue DeVos Over Title IX Policies.”

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DECEMBER 22, 2017

” São Paulo has approved a bill that would allow companies to manufacture school uniforms and sell branding and sponsorship opportunities on the clothing. “A new Education Department policy will dramatically limit the amount of student loan relief some students get after being misled by their schools.” million total.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Lawyers and Title IX practitioners have identified potential conflicts between the Trump administration ’s new proposed regulations on the gender discrimination law and state policy.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s like the MOOC crap all over again.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

Wayne Johnson, the head of the department’s financial aid division and a former executive at a student loan company , says that those “non-traditional” servicers could include companies like Visa , Amazon , or Goldman Sachs. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” These headlines just kill me.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs. “Learning Creative Learning: It’s not a MOOC , it’s a community,” says the MIT Media Lab. “A Proposal to Put the ‘M’ Back in MOOCs ” – an op-ed by Class Central ’s Dhawal Shah in Edsurge.

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MAY 19, 2017

DeVos is the former chair of the American Federation for Children, which advocates for school choice policies, such as tax credit scholarships and vouchers. Here are the education technology companies that have raised money from ISPs. ” More via The Chronicle of Higher Education. ” More via Education Week.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

” There’s more about Betsy DeVos and her policies in the courts section and in the financial aid section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ Monetizing A MOOC Platform.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. And what is he going to do?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

34 Percent Of Graduates Received A Diploma Against District Policy.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It’s baaaaack: “Return of the MOOC ,” The City Journal tells us. There’s some (sorta) MOOC-related news in the venture funding section below.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Now the company is betting big on both,” says Inside Higher Ed. Now the company is betting big on both,” says Inside Higher Ed. Vive la MOOC révolution. ” There’s more licensing and certification news in the MOOC section above.

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MARCH 16, 2018

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Finds Unlikely Culprit in School Shootings: Obama Discipline Policies.” ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “ Visas Issued to Foreign Students Fall, Partly Due to Trump Immigration Policy.” opens door for student loan companies to ignore state authority.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. Only “1.86

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

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JULY 1, 2016

” Via The 74 : “ Trump Towers Over Education: How His Candidacy Is Already Affecting Federal Policy.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” ” Education in the Courts. Updates from ISTE.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” The Fordham Institute’s Michael Petrelli has declared “ The End of Educational Policy.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. on Coursera.”

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ DeVos criticizes Bush-Obama policies , saying it’s time to overhaul conventional schooling.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news in the job training section below. . Monstrous, really. Immigration and Education.

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JUNE 22, 2018

” Via The Hechinger Report : “ Louisiana ends policy that held thousands of students back a grade or more.” ” Via The Washington Post : “Are Betsy DeVos ’s policies exacerbating racial inequities in student debt ? Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.”

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The company alleges in a lawsuit, which became public on Monday, that the Education Department’s process for selecting companies for its new loan servicing platform has been unfair and violated federal procurement rules.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Or something.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

.” They’re suing the company. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” edX is offering an online master’s degree with Georgia Tech : an OMS (online master’s in science) in Analytics. The Economist on “ The Return of the MOOC.” Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction.

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

“Without Net Neutrality , How Would Internet Companies Treat K–12 Districts?” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Adtalem Global Education , the company that owns DeVry University , announced Monday that ownership of the for-profit institution would transfer to Cogswell Education LLC.” “Huh?

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ DeVos-Backed Company Makes Questionable Claims on Autism , ADHD.” ” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. ” “Policy-based Privacy is Over,” says Eric Hellman.

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JULY 27, 2018

” That is, the daycare company Bright Horizons will pay for its employees to get their degrees at four institutions – three of which are for-profits (including Ashford University and Walden University, which have been targets of lawsuits claiming they misled students). Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

” The Texas Monthly on the future of the Texas Republican Party (with implications for education policy). Via Marketwatch : “One company will now handle close to half of all student-loan payments.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Immigration and Education. ” Testing.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

SoFi is the ed-tech company that has raised the most venture capital. And more on who’s buying student loan companies in the “business of ed-tech” section below. More MOOC job changes: Techcrunch reports that “ Coursera ’s chief product officer just left to become a VC.” Pay attention.).

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Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Atlantic : “ School-Security Companies Are Thriving in the Era of Mass Shootings.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “What if Your Favorite Teacher was a Robot?” The company has raised $24.1 million total.

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

” EdWeek’s Market Brief on “Implications for K–12 Companies in Trump’s Big Proposed Cuts to Ed. ” Last year , the Ugandan government decreed that company’s schools be shut down because they failed to meet education and sanitation requirements; Kenyan courts have also ordered the schools to close.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

” Via Buzzfeed : “Lawsuits Say Harvard’s Anti-Sexism Policy Discriminates Against Women.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Most Schools Don’t Have Clear Restroom Policies , and That’s a Public-Health Problem,” says Pacific Standard.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

.” Sandler is also the founder of the ed-tech company Nibletz. ” I’m putting this story here as it discusses VCs’ willingness to continue to invest in Mike Cagney , the former head of the student loan company SoFi. ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” JFC.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Chopra worked at the CFPB and, while there, “sued two for-profit-college companies – ITT Educational Services Inc. ” It’s now unclear, observers say, if the FTC can regulate companies like Google or Verizon. ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp.

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JULY 14, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Campus Rape Policie s Get a New Look as the Accused Get DeVos’s Ear.” ” Via The New York Times : “ DeVos Says She Will Revisit Obama-Era Sexual Assault Policies.” ” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. Education in the Courts.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

She seemed to fail to grasp some of the basics of education policy – the difference between “ proficiency ” and “ growth ,” for example, and the federal rules surrounding disability rights and education. And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.).

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MARCH 10, 2017

” Via NPR : “ Trump ’s International Policies Could Have Lasting Effects On Higher Ed.” More about Trump’s immigration policies in a separate section below. And more about Trump and for-profit higher ed policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. She made $9.6 ” Contests.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” ” I’ll be adding student loan company Quiklo to the ed-tech dead pool. MOOCs are out. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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JULY 21, 2017

” The Kenyan Ministry of Education says that the Bridge International Academies are not complying with the country’s laws, and the company, which runs chains of schools across the developing world, has not received approval for its curriculum. for-profits? ” Education in the Courts. “What if the US had an OU?”

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JULY 6, 2018

” “The Trump Administration Just Rescinded Obama-Era Guidance on Race-Conscious Admissions Policies. Via The Wall Street Journal : “ California plans to sue one of the nation’s largest student loan companies.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). It shaped policy.

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