Remove Blackboard Remove Meeting Remove MOOC Remove Student Data Privacy
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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Wall Street Journal : “The federal government is pumping $245 million into the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation with hopes of helping students in low-income communities.” ” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.”

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

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. … ‘I think ultimately that’s going to be the largest data breach that we’ve ever seen in the history of our nation.’” “The data we don’t store cannot be stolen from us,” founder Hadi Partovi wrote in a blog post. Harris resigned shortly afterwards.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. People were relieved that there was a new alternative to Blackboard.

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