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The messy reality of personalized learning

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I kept thinking how much the physical setup of the classrooms resembled a Silicon Valley workspace — or is it that Amazon, Google and Facebook have tried to replicate grammar-school life? Bull also worries that these screens infringe on student privacy, especially in light of Summit’s proximity to Facebook.

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Me: pic.twitter.com/gmb3Oigcv0 — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) October 5, 2017. pic.twitter.com/yehgZ82br6 — Shahien Nasiripour (@nasiripour) October 5, 2017. Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. 2 Post at Ed.

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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 The New York Times : “ Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Harvested Data of Up to 87 Million Users.”

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” Via The Student Loan Report : “Halfway Through 2017, Here Are the Best & Worst Student Loan Servicers.” “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” “Facebook is not introducing people to open internet where you can learn, create and build things. The Business of Student Loans.

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Meanwhile on Campus… Via ProPublica : “‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System.” Mark Zuckerberg on “Building Global Community” via Facebook. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” “Have We Lost Sight of the Promise of Public Schools ?

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. “ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” pic.twitter.com/lfNWyW7z5f — Shaun King (@ShaunKing) September 28, 2017.