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Advocacy Group to DOJ: Cengage-McGraw Hill Merger Could Create a ‘Platform Monopoly’ in Education

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An open-access advocacy group on Wednesday sent a formal filing to the U.S. The group joins others who have spoken out against the merger, including a letter sent last month by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group on behalf of several student organizations.

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How Edtech Companies Blur the Lines Between Commercial and Research Data

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Edward Snowden’s revelation about the National Security Agency’s information-gathering practices alerted the public to the nefarious uses of data collection. Yet not all data collection efforts support questionable purposes that try to peep at—or profit from—a person’s online activities. Dr. Kirsten Martin.

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With New Scorecard, Group Seeks Promises That Colleges Won’t Use Facial Recognition on Campus

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More than 40 colleges have said they do not use facial recognition technology on campus and stated they have no plans to do so, according to a new “ scorecard ” published Tuesday by an advocacy campaign titled Ban Facial Recognition on Campus.

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Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees

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He recalls finding (and paying a considerable amount for) an outside company that could convert his transcripts into something more comparable to the U.S. Latinos are the fastest growing demographic group in the United States , but data shows they are less likely than other racial and ethnic groups to have earned a college diploma.

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As Child Care Challenges Threaten the American Workforce, Business Leaders Call for Action

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Among the signatories were large companies that included Athletes Unlimited, Care.com, Patagonia and Synchrony. That has led the company to expand its child care benefits. Business leader associations and advocacy groups are also pushing for child care solutions. At Synchrony, 60 percent of our workforce are women.

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Roybi Raises $4.2 Million Seed Round to Produce Educational Robots

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Sarraf hopes the robot and her company of the same name can reach homes and families, just as they have reached the wallets of two angel investors who have injected $4.2 The company did not disclose their names. The robot is not yet available; when it is, the company says it will retail for $299. Courtesy of Roybi the company.

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What the World Can Teach the US About Education Technology

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Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. This in turn helped the Chilean edtech ecosystem by helping edtech companies scale and subsequently invest in smaller markets. “In Whereas the U.S. says the report.