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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

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This is the last Hack Education Weekly News of the year because next week I am publishing a very abbreviated review of 2018, and I won’t need to study in detail what happens each week anymore. ” Not so sure how folks plan to do their beloved STEM without the S or the E in this future, but hey. Now It’s Shutting Down.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Related, via Salon : “ Silicon Valley ’s $300M donation to STEM educatio n is not what it seems.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of ScienceDirect Topics, an information platform that has been compared to Wikipedia.” Trillion in 2018.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ Ivanka Trump , Apple’s Tim Cook Push STEM, Computer Science Education,” says Education Week. — Rochelle (@Rochelle) November 25, 2018. Learn more about #EarlyFutures and watch the full video: [link] pic.twitter.com/s7HHq7hT8r — Sesame Workshop (@SesameWorkshop) November 27, 2018.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Also via WaPo : “Here are K–12 education programs Trump wants to eliminate in 2018 budget.” ” “ Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen ,” says TorrentFreak. ” This includes $10.1 million for Special Olympics because these are some cruel, cruel people.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

It’s 2018, and folks are still so desperate to make VR a thing. Via Techcrunch : “ Pearson is adding LittleBits kits to its STEM curriculum.” Elsevier on “The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing ?” ” More on the survey from The Chronicle of Higher Education.