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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, In 2009, Techcrunch named the laptop one of the biggest flops of that decade.)

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

One of the challenges of writing this series – and trust me, there are many – is separating my analysis out into ten articles that name ten distinct “trends.” This is part two of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. Gawker Media sold its assets, shut its doors, and filed for bankruptcy. Spoiler alert : capitalism.