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” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Detroit Free Press : “More Michigan schools are failing: Most are charters.” ” Testing. .”

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Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via Getting Smart : “Using Robots to Teach Elementary Students About Human Nature.” ” Via Ars Technica : “Proposed New Mexico science standards edit out basic facts.”

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” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” Pearson has added Snap chairman Michael Lynton to its board of directors. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robots will replace teachers by 2027 ,” Futurism predicts. Go, School Sports Team!

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” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. IBM partners with Pearson. OpenEd partners with Pearson. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.” ” IBM released a Watson-powered education app for iPad.