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What is an intelligent learning platform for schools and universities?

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Today, edtech companies are actively working on taking digitization even further by converting the traditional LMS into an intelligent learning platform (ILP). LMS-related features. The ILP is the combination of an LMS and an LXP. Lower dropout rates. Read more: 5 Must-have LMS reports for schools.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.” ” The largest student loan company is Navient. She’s an investor in a company that targets that group.)

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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. ” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? I mean, clearly the company has a strong grasp on the politics of information. job training company) has raised $117.2

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” $100,000. .” of Florida.”

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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. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. The company said that it would keep the Vine website online, but you should probably download anything you’ve got there. Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Meanwhile on Campus… Via ProPublica : “‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System.” More on professional development company Bloomboard’s pivot to micro-credentialing in the HR section below. ” “Have We Lost Sight of the Promise of Public Schools