Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

“Assessing Betsy DeVos ’ Rollback on Disability Rights ” by Pacific Standard’s David Perry. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” “Chirons will lead us out of the AI Technopanic ,” says Pearson , “and you can be a chiron.” (National) Education Politics. ” (No.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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, Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. Um, they do.) Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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JULY 14, 2017

” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. IHE blogger John Warner responds : “Algorithmic Assessment vs. Critical Reflection.” “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson. for Robotics Contest.”

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “In an age of robots , schools are teaching our children to be redundant,” says George Monbiot. ” That’s Gail Heriot. Forget Design Thinking.”

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Indeed, the World Bank issued a report in January arguing that digital technologies – not just robots in factories – stand to widen inequalities as well, “and even hasten the hollowing out of middle-class employment.” This “gap” seems to extend to online courses too.

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