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The 2018 EdSurde Annual Special: Surgecoin, EduWands and Other News Not Fit for Print

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But some companies are jumping the gun. Chegg appears to have borrowed a page from Duolingo’s previous shenanigan for the Osmosis Pillow , which takes “memory foam” to another level. Tragedy struck this week, however, when one robot toppled overboard. Company leaders promise (fingers crossed!)

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Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” ” Ed-tech: where you don’t need an actual product idea for a company, and you can incubate your neoliberalism anyway.

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Via The New York Times : “ Rolling Stone Settles Lawsuit Over Debunked Campus Rape Article.” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total. The learn-to-code company has raised $1.19

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Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Is Running a Company Like Leading a Classroom? Via The Outline : “The rise and fall of the company behind ’ Reader Rabbit’ and all your favorite educational games.” National) Education Politics.

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No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). the nation’s largest virtual charter school management company , as president of academics, policy, and schools. Now he’s launching a new company – and of course it’s ed-tech. ” (No. .”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via The Wall Street Journal : “ California plans to sue one of the nation’s largest student loan companies.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Chegg has acquired the flashcard app StudyBlue for $20.8