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Educational Crises and Ed-Tech: A History

Hack Education

"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," as Rahm Emanuel, then President Obama's chief of staff, said in 2009 as the world teetered on the brink of recession. In elementary schools, between 7 to 13% of instructional time was spent watching television. Like a MOOC, but in the school gym.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). OpenClassrooms , a French MOOC provider according to Techcrunch, has raised $60 million from Bpifrance, General Atlantic, Alven Capital, and Citizen Capital. Via The Blade : “School that took ECOT students wants poor scores ignored.” It has raised $69.7

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Washington Post : “The new lesson plan for elementary school: Surviving the Internet.” .” Via The Washington Post : “ ICE is moving to deport a veteran after Mattis assured that would not happen.”