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Via E-Literate : “ Hawai’i Senate Bill: Would mandate OER material for all U Hawai’i system courses.” ” And later in the week, an update : “Hawai’i Senate OER Bill Update: Amended language saves the day.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” It’s $520.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Atlantic : “ DeVos Says There’s One Thing Her School-Safety Commission Won’t Be Studying: Guns.” ” Via Motherboard : “ Twitter Is Banning Anyone Whose Date of Birth Says They Joined Before They Were 13.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Hi schools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Edsurge : “As Bootcamps Look for Novel Ways for Students to Pay For Their Studies, Many Try ‘ Deferred Tuition ’ ” Do note how student financial aid startups are still raising venture capital (and how now, I guess, ed-tech publications cover these stories when before they insisted these weren’t ed-tech).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via NBC : “ Arizona : Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination In Mexican American Studies Ban Back in Court.” Via NPR : “Students Compete In First-Ever International High School Robotics Competition.” ” The New York Times reports that “ Burundi Robotics Team Vanishes After U.S. Competition.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The** Department of Education** has selected the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education to manage its #GoOpen campaign. Via Inside Higher Ed : “Online education provider Udacity quietly drops money-back pledge for those who can’t find a job after finishing their studies.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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” Via Chalkbeat : “ Trump education nominee pleads ignorance about high-profile voucher studies showing negative results.” ” “Professors from around the world say they won’t advise students to study or work at Rochester in light of institution’s alleged attempts to downplay serious harassment case.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Chicago Tribune : “Almost all student loan fraud claims involve for-profit colleges , study finds.” But he’s still welcome on college campuses and Twitter. The business of OER. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. What a time to be alive.