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Assessing Betsy DeVos ’ Rollback on Disability Rights ” by Pacific Standard’s David Perry. Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” (National) Education Politics.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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” Via Education Dive : “ Coursera ’s Tom Willerer talks personalization, access.” IHE blogger John Warner responds : “Algorithmic Assessment vs. Critical Reflection.” Via The New York Times : “To Close Digital Divide, Microsoft to Harness Unused Television Channels.”

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Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” ” The provider in question is Coursera , which has raised some $146.1 Via NPR : “Beyond DeVos , What 5 Key Trump Appointees Could Mean For Schools.” ” That’s Gail Heriot.

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He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. The New York Times on “The Challenges of Closing the Digital Divide.” “ Amplify Slims Down and Spins Off Assessment Content Provider, Fluence ,” says Edsurge. Remember Richard McKenzie? Oh VR promises. Never change.

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What Gives the Edtech Industry Hope — and Pause — Under a Biden Administration

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I don’t know how you can talk about success in K-12 or postsecondary education without an earnest assessment of public-private partnerships,” he adds. “If we cannot pass a law like the one in the U.K. I think we need more collaboration, not less, across the different players in this ecosystem.” “I

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