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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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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, Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. Um, they do.) Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Assessing Betsy DeVos ’ Rollback on Disability Rights ” by Pacific Standard’s David Perry. ” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. (National) Education Politics. ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Contrasting community college takes: a Pearson op-ed in Edsurge versus pretty much anything “ Dean Dad ” writes. The New York Times on “The Challenges of Closing the Digital Divide.” “ Amplify Slims Down and Spins Off Assessment Content Provider, Fluence ,” says Edsurge.