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‘August surprise’: That college scholarship you earned might not count

The Hechinger Report

Social media has also given more attention to a frustration that families previously suffered in silence, with rants about scholarship displacement even making their way to TikTok. At the same time, there’s renewed concern about the disadvantages already faced by low-income students.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

” The technology revolution has delivered Google searches, Facebook friends, iPhone apps, Twitter rants and shopping for almost anything on Amazon, all in the past decade and a half. For as The Wall Street Journal cautioned in October , “America’s Dazzling Tech Boom Has a Downside: Not Enough Jobs.” and Facebook Inc.