Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

When schools persistently graduate less than half of their students of color and students with disabilities, we call those schools dropout factories. Like any business, the edtech industry includes actors that prioritize profit. This is not a condemnation of edtech as much as it is an acknowledgement that edtech is a business.

EdTech 298

EdTech Dropout Advocacy Outcomes 298

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. His larger argument, though — that the alliance between education policymakers and billionaire technologists could undermine the role of teachers and the public sphere — has only become more relevant.

Personalized Learning 99

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 99

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

“Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” “ Can personalized learning prevail? “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” The guidance comes from the Education Technology Industry Network, a division of the Software & Information Industry Association.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” An op-ed in Forbes by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Make Online Education Great (For The First Time).”

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46