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Seven Questions for Sandra Liu Huang, Chan Zuckerberg's New Head of Education

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After a career working at tech-centric companies including Google and Quora in product roles, Liu Huang joined CZI in 2017 to oversee the product development, notably the Summit Learning platform. The development of the technology platform has been run by CZI since 2017.)

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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. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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. … The state has until September 1, 2018 ‘to fully implement its program for basic education’ and it must have a plan for funding and implementing ‘by the final adjournment of the 2017 legislative session,’ the court said in a ruling written by Chief Justice Barbara Madsen.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

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The lying did not start on Inauguration Day – 20 January 2017. Khan Academy will revolutionize education. How on earth is @BreitbartNews getting the #1 slot in Google results when it comes to Science/Nature News pic.twitter.com/AIpMYrJ38b — codyb (@CodyBrown) March 22, 2017. VR will revolutionize education.

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The Business of Education Technology

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To the entrepreneur who wrote the Techcrunch op-ed in August that ed-tech is “ 2017's big, untapped and safe investor opportunity.” ” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. ” You are a fool.