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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” “Can Blended Learning Improve Equity in One of Nation’s Most Diverse Districts?” Via NPR : “Beyond DeVos , What 5 Key Trump Appointees Could Mean For Schools.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Contrasting community college takes: a Pearson op-ed in Edsurge versus pretty much anything “ Dean Dad ” writes. The New York Times on “The Challenges of Closing the Digital Divide.” Via NPR : “The One-Room Schoolhouse That’s A Model For The World.” Oh VR promises. Never change.

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Education Technology's Inequalities

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Despite the serious flaws in online and blended learning, many education technology advocates continue to push for more and more education technology, and Silicon Valley investors in turn continue to fund the expansion of use of these products, particularly in low-income schools, in the US as well as in the developing world.