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Hack Education Weekly News

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Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : "Starting a robotics company out of school? Chegg has acquired WriteLab for $15 million. ” Via Edsurge : “Report: Class of 2018 Has Better Job Prospects than Classes of 2009–2017, but Still Faces Challenges.” Selected has raised $1.2

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. In 2009, Techcrunch named the laptop one of the biggest flops of that decade.) Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. But the “spying” has continued. Chatbot Instructors.

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