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Hack Education Weekly News

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“Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson. The Getting Smart blog predicts that “By 2025, Swarms of Self-Driving Vehicles Will Transport Students to Learning Sites.” ” From the HR Department. The Business of Job Training.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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billion by 2025. Founded in 2008 by a former Kaplan executive Jose Ferreira, Knewton was one of the most heavily funded ed-tech startups of the decade. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” Interactive Whiteboards. billion by 2023. Socorro Dove.

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