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Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” ”). .”).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” ” Via The MIT Technology Review : “Big Questions Around Facebook’s Suicide-Prevention Tools.” ” Via Real Clear Education : “ K–12 Predictive Analytics : Time for Better Dropout Diagnosis.”

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Education's Online Futures

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(Underscoring how precarious this labor is, an adjunct at the school lost her teaching contract one week after the Chronicle story was published, after she defended LGBTQ rights in a post on Facebook.). Meanwhile, the state has cleared the company to become a dropout recovery school. broadband privacy rules.”

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