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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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She has also leveraged these skills to create employee onboarding and training programs at Apple, Facebook, Google and Uber. With a 25+ career in education, Arati has used her curriculum design skills to create unique learning experiences in education and nonprofit sectors at Pearson, EdSurge and Silicon Valley Education Foundation.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. Google Reader. Google shut down Reader in 2013 , citing declining use of RSS. See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.) Crested Pigeon.

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The Politics of Education Technology

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Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company. Since 1970, DeVos family members have invested at least $200 million in a host of right-wing causes – think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. Facebook is, although Mark Zuckerberg denies it , a media company.