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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ States Are Adopting More Computer Science Policies. ” A data breach at Chegg – more details in the data and surveillance section below. Via Techcrunch : “ Chegg resets 40 million user passwords after data breach.” “ Can Jeff Bezos Bring a Montessori Education to Underserved Children?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. the nation’s largest virtual charter school management company , as president of academics, policy, and schools. Chegg has acquired Cogeon for $15 million.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. 3D Printing.

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