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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. Um, they do.) Uber for Education". “We

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. Via The New York Times : “To Close Digital Divide, Microsoft to Harness Unused Television Channels.” .” Via The Wall Street Journal : “Number of Students Applying for Federal Aid Rises 6%, After Several Years of Decline.”