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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” Department of Education today announced the IRS Data Retrieval Tool is now available for borrowers applying for an income-driven repayment plan.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

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Don’t mess with her on Twitter. Arguably, there is no better example of this than the ongoing push that “everyone should learn to code,” led at the K–12 level by the industry-backed advocacy organization Code.org. Watch Tressie McMillan Cottom on The Daily Show. Listen to her on NPR’s Fresh Air.