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EdTech Promised to Change How Students Learn, But the Real Revolution Lies Within Us

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Last fall, nearly six and a half years after my SMART board was fixed, I started a new job and became a deeper learning coordinator, leading the implementation and creation of an edtech ecosystem for the entire Reynoldsburg school district. Despite the money spent, our students have yet to recover from the learning loss.

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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

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They only back companies led by college dropouts and people who never studied in higher ed. go to college each year — more than 4 million graduated in 2021 alone. They founded a venture capital firm called the 1517 Fund. Millions of students in the U.S. And he argues that there’s a danger in Thiel’s argument.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” ” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” ” This, from Edsurge , is pretty awful: “Why Edtech Executives Are Keeping a Close Eye on Preschool Demographics.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ Cory Reid , who previously ran two edtech companies – Instructure and MasteryConnect – as their chief executive, has landed a new gig at Tyton Partners,” says Edsurge , failing to disclose that it shares investors with MasteryConnect. Smith has been named the next US poet laureate. An Economist Rates Its Usefulness.”