Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

CZI hired Bror Saxberg , whose previous work was with the for-profit online charter school K12 Inc and the for-profit college Kaplan, as its learning scientist. But it’s down from the record-setting year in 2015 – down by about $1 billion. It hired former PayPal exec Peggy Abkemeier Alford as its CFO.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep that MOOC hype alive. “ MOOCs Find a New Audience with On-Campus Students,” Edsurge claims.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Here’s a link to all the stories in Slate’s series on online credit recovery programs.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. These have all been separate articles in each series. “More Americans just need the right training.” “Robots” – not bosses.

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