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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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Coalition members include Microsoft, Amazon, Computer Science Teachers Association, College Board, and Excellence in Education Foundation, and other local tech and education organizations. launch of Be a Maker, an all-new mobile application that teaches children how to code by allowing them to program their Jibo robot.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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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. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. See David Kernohan’s excellent keynote at OpenEd13 for more.) But the “spying” has continued.

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