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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 9 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: March 2, 2017 K-12 Predictive Analytics: Time for a Better Dropout Diagnosis | RealClearEducation → Is this sponsored content? RealClearEducation doesn't say, but the company who writes this has a vested interest in the answer, and the piece acknowledges no privacy or civil liberties issues whatsoever in their argument.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Atlantic : “Why Many College Dropouts Are Returning to School in North Carolina.” “ Coursera ’s 2018 Revenue Estimated to be $140 million,” Class Central estimates. More PR from Techcrunch : “ Nintendo is bringing Labo kits to elementary schools.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Via The New York Times : “ New York to Shorten Standardized Tests in Elementary and Middle Schools.” Coursera has a new CEO: Jeff Maggioncalda. ” From the HR Department.