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K-12 Dealmaking: Investor Weld North, Learn Launch Make Big Moves

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For- and non-profit organizations chosen to participate in the program will get financial investment, access to expert services and mentorship. The program is part of AT&T’s $350 million “commitment to empower students to reach their full potential,” the company said in a statement. The Aspire Accelerator application is open thru Feb.

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

of Text-Messaging at School A Big Step for Gesture-Based Learning? Members will have access to lab and office space, as well as a slew of lab equipment. Once downloaded, students will be able to access the "packs," even when they''re offline. No need to be a "professional scientist" in order to join.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The lawsuit contends that the publisher is “ predatory ” because it charges scholars to have their work published in open-access journals. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Kaplan Will Offer Free Online PSAT Prep.” Meanwhile on Campus. “In May 2008, as the Great Recession was just beginning, U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. ” This new school is a result of Purdue’s acquisition of the for-profit Kaplan University.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Despite a few anecdotes, they’re really not.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The San Jose Mercury News : “In a direct challenge to California ’s landmark law guaranteeing public access to beaches, Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla on Thursday filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that he should not be required to allow public access to Martins Beach in San Mateo County.”