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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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com ) & ( www.bvlp.com ) & ( www.schoolmint.com ) Hero K12 and BV Investment Partners announced SchoolMint will be joining their EdTech Platform. The company has partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits and provides online monitoring software to schools.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” In 2013, Pearson paid $7.7

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Hack Education Weekly News

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According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” Via Edsurge : “Chasing China ’s Edtech Unicorns: A Cautionary Tale.” Via Education Week : “ Common Core , College Readiness Skills Don’t Match Up, Study Says.”