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The Top Ed-Tech Trends (Aren't 'Tech')

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An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. Turns out that Pearson, which once funded and acquired a lot of startups, isn’t in particularly good financial shape itself.). A belief in technological utopia. A fierce embrace of the new.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

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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. Pearson filed a patent for badges. You can look to Lynda.com, which was acquired by LinkedIn in 2015 for $1.5