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Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” (Reminder: according to Betteridge’s Law of Headlines , “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”). Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. Education in the Courts.

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Let’s not worry that there are many people who do not have access to electricity, let alone Internet, let alone digital devices.). “ Is Homework Compatible With Personalized Learning? “ No State Will Measure Social-Emotional Learning Under ESSA. Accreditation and Certification. ” asks Edsurge.

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Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” ” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.”

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And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” Via The Verge : “Lawsuit claims Facebook illegally scanned private messages.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository. ” KickUp has raised $1.54

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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.”

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Via The New York Times : “Turn Off Messenger Kids , Health Experts Plead to Facebook.” Elsevier on “The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing ?” .” The company, which has raised some $107.4 million , laid off 45 employees last week. So time for some friendly PR, I guess.