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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. But that’s not my job.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” The NAACP endorses OER. “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.”

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Education Technology and the Promise of 'Free' and 'Open'

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And today most MOOC companies have pivoted away from that to offer corporate training , professional development , and job placement services instead. ” Tuition keeps going up and up and up, although as The Wall Street Journal noted this fall, published tuition rates only rose 2.4% percent to 11.3 percent to 11.3

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “More than 50 groups have signed a letter demanding that Candice E. ” Via Education Week : “For Principals, Student Sexting a Speeding ‘Freight Train,’ Full of Peril.” ” The Business of Job Training. ” Accreditation and Certification.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via NPR : “ Betsy DeVos ’ Graduation Rate Mistake.” ” Via The Consumerist : “New Chairman Orders FCC To Abandon Court Defense Of Rule Limiting Prison Phone Rates.” Also via Education Week : “Under New Leadership, FCC Quashes Report on E-rate Program ’s Success.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Real Clear Education : “Connecting Schools to the Future: Rethinking E-Rate.” The Business of Job Training and Job Placement. Scammers advertise phony job opportunities on college employment websites, and/or students receive e-mails on their school accounts recruiting them for fictitious positions.