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Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). ” “​ OER Researchers Don’t Disaggregate Data on Diverse Students.

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Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” ” GitHub touts automated testing on its blog. ” Via Real Clear Education : “ K–12 Predictive Analytics : Time for Better Dropout Diagnosis.” ” More via The New York Times. ACT says it will invest in ProExam. (I’m

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via the Udacity blog : “Introducing the Artificial Intelligence Nanodegree program.” ” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” ” So says the FCC.