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

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It's entertaining, I guess — the dinosaurs and the Neanderthals and the Industrial Revolution, and stuff like that. Despite the failure of AllLearn, in 2014, Levin was named the CEO of Coursera. Columbia University invested $30 million into its own online learning initiative, Fathom, that opened in 2000 and closed in 2003.

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

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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. The edtech industry made big strides during this era. ASU Global Freshman Academy, Coursera and edX have taken the StraighterLine model—and pushed it even further.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” From the Bloomberg Editorial Board : “A Raw Deal From Betsy DeVos ” – “ Rolling back regulations on the for-profit college industry will cause the public pain.” This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.”