Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs. “Rethinking MOOCs ” – an op-ed in Duke University’s newspaper The Chronicle.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Virginia circuit court on Thursday ruled against a George Mason University student group seeking access to donor agreements between a university foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

“Anti- Common Core Groups Unhappy About Trump Ed Secretary Pick Betsy DeVos ,” says the Sunshine State News. Via The Columbia Dispatch : “Group once led by Trump education secretary nominee owes $5.3 Larry Cuban has another article on AltSchool , which he says marries Dewey and Thorndike. million to Ohio.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Every year since 2010, I’ve undertaken a fairly massive project in which I’ve reviewed the previous twelve months’ education and technology news in order to write ten articles covering “the top ed-tech trends.” This is part of the push for MOOCs, we must be honest.). A belief in technological utopia.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Lots of MOOC PR appeared in the news this week. ” “What if MOOCs Revolutionize Education After All?” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” And more on MOOCs in the credentialing section below as well.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via the San Jose Mercury News : “A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for a state audit of a profitable but low-performing network of online charter schools following this newspaper’s investigation of K12 Inc., ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Remember Richard McKenzie?

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Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” ” No disclosure in the article that Edsurge shares investors with both these companies. Via Edsurge : “ BrightBytes Tried to Buy Hapara.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. In related news: “ Right-wing groups are recruiting students to target teachers ,” says Reveal. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Religious student groups could block people who do not share their faith from becoming members. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). National) Education Politics. The State of the Union is a right mess.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. These have all been separate articles in each series.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” Via the Education Law Center : “Several New Jersey civil rights and parent advocacy organizations have filed a legal challenge to new high school graduation regulations recently adopted by the State Board of Education. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). at Public Schools, College Board Says.”

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