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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Rise of the Low-Cost Tablet & the Promise It May Hold for Learning BYOD: Does It Solve or Does It Worsen K-12 Tech Woes? and aims to address some of the obstacles to broadband adoption -- in terms of cost, access, relevance, and digital literacy. The average time students spent on Facebook was 106 minutes per day.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” ” “Two assessment companies – Educational Testing Service and Data Recognition Corp. ” I mean, paying for air conditioning in schools would just be a bridge too far. school departments employed 8.4

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” The “ invisible ” “adaptive learning” company has raised $38.7 ” Via Politico : “ Facebook ’s next project: American inequality.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics.