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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. But when he and the head of the UN Kofi Annan went to demo the device, its signature feature — a hand crank that would power it — fell off.

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