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Why a K-12 Operating System is the Next Step in the Evolution of Edtech

Edsurge

One of the first curricular tools I built to share—on the first day of school—was a public, student-friendly gradebook on Google Sheets. Yes, this was before Google Classroom existed!) Enter the LMS I was proud, but also exhausted. They bought a learning management system (LMS) and asked us to start using it.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The email, he said, detailed a “Priority 1 Alert” that had been issued by Pearson and the New Jersey Department of Education, regarding a student who had tweeted about a test question on the PARCC — a standardized test based on the Common Core State Standards. Or rather, their interest wasn’t in the features of the new LMS.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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And The Next Web headline makes for… something: “ Facebook and Google could be allowed to award university degrees.” accuse Google of failing to gain their consent before scanning their emails via its Apps For Education suite for advertising purposes,” says Education Dive. ” Presidential Campaign Politics.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Chalkbeat : “They rejected multi-state Common Core exams. Speaking of loans, Google will ban ads for payday loans. “ Blackboard Partners with Fishtree for Personalized Learning,” says Campus Technology. ” Oregon students will soon be sitting more standardized tests – wheee!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” PowerSchool has acquired the LMS Haiku Learning for an undisclosed sum. Via Education Week : “ Common Core , College Readiness Skills Don’t Match Up, Study Says.”