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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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If the control involved 12 hours of work a week over one semester, but the treatment required only 4 hours a week, that’s a 3x improvement in learning efficiency. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Sacramento Bee : “ Charter school backers spent millions on statewide races in 2018. “Congratulations to the 2018 edX Prize Winners!” Private School With Low Vaccination Rates.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. State and Local) Education Politics. They still lost twice.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Via Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “ Online Program Management : Spring 2018 view of the market landscape.” My kids gonna learn today ??

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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. To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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” Via Bklyner.com : “ Brooklyn Public Library and Bard College to Offer Free College Degree Programs in 2018.” ” Via Education Dive : “Tech for ELL students can bridge content and digital learning gaps.” But anyway… Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” “ Networked U.