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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

The trend is not unique to Hollywood; other American businesses— from appliance makers to luxury resorts —are similarly entangled with Asian money. Sinovation also funds companies in other technology sectors including robotics and Big Data.) Wonder Workshop , which develops robot toys that teach kids how to code.

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Busting Stereotypes: A Homeschool-Public School Partnership That Works

MindShift

The appeal of home schooling has grown over the past decade — between 2003 and 2012, the percentage of students who are homeschooled grew from 2.2 He also credits the homeschool community for bringing other innovations to the district, like a robotics club. percent of the student population to 3.4 percent, according to the U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The private student loan company has raised $50 million total, but I’m told “fintech” doesn’t “count” as ed-tech so let’s just ignore this trend, right? Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “The Cost That Holds Back Ed-Tech Innovation.”

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Children'

Hack Education

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” If only I could build some kind of robot to do all our homework for us… ” Danny’s mother, as it turns out, is a housekeeper for Professor Bullfinch, who happens to have a computer in a laboratory in his house. . Helicopter Robots.

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The looming decline of the public research university

The Hechinger Report

Among other things, they say, their work could lead to the kind of robotic exoskeletons imagined in the movie Aliens. These universities have served as bulwarks against a decades-long trend of economic activity fleeing smaller cities and the center of the country for the coasts. China could catch up by 2030 based on current trends.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.” ” If you repeat these stories enough, it’s almost as if you can convince people to make it a trend. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Via Edsurge : “Help! What Does That Mean?