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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

Related: Could the online for-profit college industry be a ‘winner in this crisis’? As parents fearful of coronavirus’s spread and frustrated with their schools’ forays into remote learning seek other options, they are increasingly turning to virtual for-profit charter schools like the one Nemergut chose. Stride spent about $1.8

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 14 Edition)

Doug Levin

It could theoretically enable privacy-first personalized learning without the need to share student data with cloud providers. Tagged on: April 3, 2017 Plan to upgrade internet in public schools died even after push from governor, others | The Advocate → My questions: What was the telecom industry stance on this initiative?

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 14 Edition)

Doug Levin

It could theoretically enable privacy-first personalized learning without the need to share student data with cloud providers. Tagged on: April 3, 2017 Plan to upgrade internet in public schools died even after push from governor, others | The Advocate → My questions: What was the telecom industry stance on this initiative?

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Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

IAD Learning

Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Not by chance, learning analytics and all its related technologies (measuring learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive learning, personalized learning, etc.) Data : Data is the primary analytics asset.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The story contains some machinations at the Department of Education in which the White Hous e tried to fire a Jeb Bush-supporting staffer. Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.” “ Can personalized learning prevail? ” asks ZDNet.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Well, I guess I need to keep an eye on how the tutoring industry rebrands itself what with all the investment dollars it’s receiving.