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Three Thoughts on the Treatment of EdTech in the 2015 EdNext Poll on School Reform

Doug Levin

Since at least 2007, Education Next has commissioned an annual public opinion poll to help inform the K-12 education policy discussion in DC and the states, as well as to suggest lines of inquiry for further research.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

In education, both algorithms and data are integral to the push for “personalization.” ” But “personalization” doesn’t (necessarily) require a platform. Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck.

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