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Sony Vows to Bring “Blockchain” Tech to Education. Will It Take Hold in K-12?

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” One of the obvious questions about blockchain in the current education environment is whether it would become ensnared in the web of student-data-privacy concerns, which has tripped up many an ed-tech company and put K-12 district officials on edge. See a recent blog post Levin wrote about blockchain.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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.” (“…She’s unlikely to encounter local students when she’s there.”). Department of Education Announces STEM , Computer Science Education Grant Opportunities.” Why is the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Bror Saxberg posting on the Department of Education ’s Medium blog ?

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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. Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. In 2015, former Star-Ledger education reporter Bob Braun posted a screenshot to his blog of an email by a New Jersey superintendent. And Braun’s blog post made everyone aware of that. Instructure.

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He believes the future of education means all STEM, no arts and no humanities. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” Via the Coursera blog : “Announcing Coursera for Governments & Nonprofits.” Colleges Will Disappear.”