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What Happens When Ed-Tech Forgets? Some Thoughts on Rehabilitating Reputations

Hack Education

" I like to cite, as an example, a New Yorker article from a few years ago that interviewed Anthony Levandoski, the Uber engineer sued by Google for stealing its self-driving car technology. There are other examples of this historical amnesia in ed-tech specifically, no doubt. Coursera founder Daphne Koller.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

As recently as 1997, only 27 percent of America’s K-12 school had internet access—a number that skyrocketed to 92 percent by 2003. For example, over the past few years, 23 states have made computer science courses a graduation requirement and authorized special funding to promote their growth.

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