Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Rolling Stone Settles Lawsuit Over Debunked Campus Rape Article.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ AI Learns Gender and Racial Biases from Language” says Jeremy Hsu in IEEE Spectrum. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

I’d hardly know where to begin in writing one, but I want to open this particular article – one that focuses, in part, on the whole “everyone should learn to code” craze – recognizing his great contribution to educational computing as well as his loss. Read Mindstorms. ” ).

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JANUARY 12, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. awards debt collection contract to company with ties to DeVos.” ” Via Buzzfeed : “Here’s How A Student Loan Debt Relief Company Preyed On Its Customers.” National) Education Politics.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” This is the Center for Humane Technology , which had a big PR push this week, with articles in Edsurge and Education Week. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. The digital flash card company has raised $32 million total.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

SoFi : a student loan company and one of the most well-funded ed-tech companies out there sure seems swell. ” “ Delta Career Education Corporation , a privately held for-profit college company, is phasing out seven of its campuses,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Unified settles lawsuits with teacher Rafe Esquith.”

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Sandler is also the founder of the ed-tech company Nibletz. ” I’m putting this story here as it discusses VCs’ willingness to continue to invest in Mike Cagney , the former head of the student loan company SoFi.

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JULY 27, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Librarians and library supporters responded by saying that the article was ill informed and didn’t reflect the many roles libraries play.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” The company: Abl Schools.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. There’s an article in the venture philanthropy section below about how private student loans are being pitched as “impact investing.” ” More news about a data breach at a testing company in the infosec section below.

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MAY 13, 2016

The learn-to-code company Treehouse has launched “Techdegrees,” “a guided-learning experience designed to prepare students for entry-level developer jobs at companies across the country.” ” “ Zynga ’s Headquarters Is Worth More Than The Actual Company.” Credit Cards).”

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APRIL 28, 2017

” asks WaPo’s Valerie Strauss, before reprinting an article by UVA professor Dan Willingham.). ” I’m more interested in hearing about segregation and state laws in Mississippi than the adaptive learning software a school is using. ” “How Can VR be Used for Learning?” ” Oh.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.)

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DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook, like many digital technology companies, promises that in exchange for collecting your personal data – your name, your age, your gender, your photos, metadata on your photos, your location, your preferences, your browsing and clicking habits, your friends’ names – it will deliver “personalization.”

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Via Campus Technology : “ Harvard Tailoring the MOOC Experience With Adaptive Learning.” ” Via AIR : “Getting Back on Track: What Math Content Is Taught and Learned in Online and Face-to-Face Algebra Credit Recovery Courses ?” See her article on Betsy DeVos in the politics section above.).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Although the shooting is a local story, I am putting many of the articles here in the national section because, over a week later, it is still very much in the national headlines. National) Education Politics. “Open.”

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” The first article claims that “The college lecture is dying. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Parla.ai – “No need to spend money on teachers – I’ll help you learn English effectively and for free!” The company offers “virtual science labs” and has raised $13.67

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ DeVos-Backed Company Makes Questionable Claims on Autism , ADHD.” ” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. “Harvard Management Company to Lay Off Half Its Staff,” The Harvard Crimson reports.

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