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Former Google Design Ethicist: Relying on Big Tech in Schools Is a ‘Race to the Bottom’

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Tristan Harris Tristan Harris, Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu. Audience at Common Sense event, Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu Big Tech’s Race to the Bottom. Dr. Jenny Radesky. Jenny Radesky. Chelsea Clinton, Dr. Jenny Radesky and Dr. Robert Lustig, Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu.

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The Year in Podcasts: Top EdSurge On Air Episodes of 2018

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We talked with high-profile education and tech leaders—including Cory Doctorow, Angela Duckworth and writer John McPhee. This episode was one of the last by former our co-host Jenny Abamu, who can now be heard on the radio regularly covering education for an NPR station in D.C. Subscribe here.) Can You Teach Good Writing?

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Think, Pair, Share: Former Educators Join EdSurge Editorial Team

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Jenny Abamu ( @JennyAbamu ) will be our education technology reporter, based in New York City. A former English teacher in Turkey, Abamu’s dabbling with edtech tools inspired her to launch a blog on international education. Abamu: I was teaching English in Istanbul, Turkey in 2011. Abamu: “Personalization.”

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Looking to Bring ‘Civil Discourse’ to Education Debates, Ex Superintendent Turns Editor-and-Chief

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The second Issue of The Line, released earlier this month, features some of education’s heavy-hitters: Including former Florida governor Jeb Bush, National Education Association president Lilly Garcia, and conservative think-tank writer, Rich Hess debating the polarizing topic of school choice. iTunes or Stitcher ). How did it come about?

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Which Stories Do the Nations' Education Technology Reporters Want You To Follow?

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But when it comes to the biggest stories of the year thus far, what are the writers themselves—education reporters—reading and thinking about? While at the Education Writers Association conference on May 31 to June 2 in Washington, D.C.,

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