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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

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Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”. Others sell some of the most widely used education software in schools today. Credit: Source: edgenuity.com.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Wall Street Journal : “For-profit education company Apollo Education Group Inc. ” The company in question: Dipont Education Management Group. Via Inside Higher Ed : “New report finds big-time college football players at wealthiest programs graduate at rates lower than their nonathlete male peers.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via NPR : “ Betsy DeVos ’ Graduation Rate Mistake.” ” Via The Consumerist : “New Chairman Orders FCC To Abandon Court Defense Of Rule Limiting Prison Phone Rates.” Also via Education Week : “Under New Leadership, FCC Quashes Report on E-rate Program ’s Success.”