Remove Advocacy Remove Blackboard Remove E-rate Remove Trends
article thumbnail

The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

In previous years, when I’ve written about this topic, I’ve saved “The Business of Ed-tech” for one of the last articles in my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends" series. NovoEd co-founder Amin Saberi was replaced by Ed Miller, a former Blackboard exec. Blackboard replaced its CEO.

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The story contains some machinations at the Department of Education in which the White Hous e tried to fire a Jeb Bush-supporting staffer. I’m also curious how this news – again, I’m not sure two closures are really a “trend” – will affect student loan startups. ” asks Chester E.

article thumbnail

The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. People were relieved that there was a new alternative to Blackboard.

Pearson 145