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“The San Francisco-based software company will continue a four-year partnership with San Francisco Unified School District. Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier. school departments employed 8.4

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From the press release : “ Knewton Launches Alta, Fully Integrated Adaptive Learning Courseware for Higher Education, Putting Achievement in Reach for Everyone.” ” There is no mention here about mind-reading robo tutors in the sky , but there are some questionable claims about what the software can do.

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Reason: ‘Using Appliances’ ” Here’s the Chalkbeat headline : “New software aims to make teachers' jobs ‘much easier’ in Indianapolis Public Schools.” Elsevier has acquired Hivebench. Learn-to-code startup Piper has raised $2.1 The adaptive learning company has raised $4.57