Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

It’s a reaction, I’d say, to the current obsession with artificial intelligence and a response to all the stories we were told this year about robots on the cusp of replacing, out-“thinking,” and out-working us. What researchers understand about the effectiveness of this procedure is pretty preliminary.)

Technology 67

Technology Education Facebook Company 67

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. Each package delivers full curriculum support, training and resources from an ever-growing online community of educators.

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Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 49

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

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EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Via Chalkbeat’s Colorado news desk : “$35 million for school safety will go toward training, but not hiring, of school resource officers.” ” The Business of Job Training. “ Can a For-Profit, Venture-Backed Company Keep OER Free – and Be Financially Sustainable? ” asks Edsurge.

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Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” For-profit higher ed company Education Management Corp says it will close 22 out of 26 of its Brown Mackie College locations.

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” The Business of Job Training. Via The New York Times : “ School Shooting Simulation Trains Teachers for the Worst.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. million from the testing company ACT.

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Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

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. No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). The Business of Job Training. ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

The school district is working to raise money for more computers and technology training, hoping to better prepare its students for an increasingly digitized economy. When local companies buy new desktop computers, leave the county, or relocate offices, school officials are quick to knock on their doors, asking for any discarded technology.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. ” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Digital Promise Reimagine Teacher Tech Training with New National Program.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

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. ” That’s because the stories told this year to keep us hustling and to keep up imagining a certain kind of future are almost all about robots.

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Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

News from the most well-funded ed-tech company, student loan provider SoFi : SoFi settles w/ FTC over allegations it misrepresented how much borrowers save by refinancing. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” ” LOL, they do?!

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

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. The Business of Job Training. training centers.”

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Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” More on bootcamps in the job training section below. The “pioneer in the science of learning,” as Inside Higher Ed puts it , will help the technology company with its internal training program. The Business of Job Training. ” The company, which has raised some $107.4 Well, well, well.

Education 45

Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. Via GeekWire : “ Amazon Education GM leaves; company says it ‘remains committed’ to K–12 technology.” ” The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Robots hate the Common Core. She made $9.6

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” Palantir is the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and funded in part by the CIA. Another tech company ready and willing to support Trump: IBM. If you know the history of this company , it’s a rather frightening gesture. ” The company has raised $12.5 Lee Partners. million total.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

But I wanted to consider too why the stories we repeatedly tell about education and education technology were so fanciful – stories about impending disruptions and revolutions and robot teachers and brain zappers and so on. It’s the relationship of these companies to information and to education. (A Small world, I guess.).

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Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71