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Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?

The Hechinger Report

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. She learned these lines from her therapist husband. And then, “I know this is really hard.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Verge : “ Juul has 60 days to prove it can keep its e-cigs away from kids, FDA warns.” ” And from Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill : “ Blackboard Learn Ultra in 2018: Is it ready and does it matter?” ” (Also from Hill : “Timeline of e-Literate Coverage of Blackboard Learn Ultra.”).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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“A clause in the contract could, in the future, allow Nike to harvest personal data from Michigan athletes through the use of wearable technology like heart-rate monitors, GPS trackers and other devices that log myriad biological activities.” But oh yes, kids, “everyone should learn to code” for job security.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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