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MARCH 2, 2018

.” (I’m including this here because all of these entities – Kushner’s family, the companies he received loans from – have education investments too.). Via Motherboard : “The FCC ’s New Broadband Map Paints an Irresponsibly Inaccurate Picture of American Broadband.”

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” ” Oh sure sure, this isn’t exactly education technology news, except for the part where Khosla invests in education technology companies and his wife founded the open education organization CK–12. “Open.”

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” Via Ars Technica : “Senate Democrats fight FCC plan to lower America’s broadband standards.” million to cover federal funds that went to the botched statewide school broadband contract.” “This Machine Learning-Powered Software Teaches Kids To Be Better Writers,” Fast Company claims.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. Vive la MOOC Révolution. In October of this year, Clarissa Shen, Udacity’s Chief Operating Officer, called MOOCs “ a failed product.”

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MARCH 31, 2017

“Higher education and library associations called on the Federal Communications Commission Thursday to uphold Obama-era rules requiring broadband providers to treat all traffic on the internet equally,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Fast Company profiles David Blake, the co-founder of the alt-credentialing startup Degreed.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. ” Via The New York Times : “DeVos Abandons Plan to Allow One Company to Service Federal Student Loans.”

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MARCH 9, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Now the company is betting big on both,” says Inside Higher Ed. Now the company is betting big on both,” says Inside Higher Ed. Vive la MOOC révolution. ” asks Ron Srigley in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Via Edsurge : “?In

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” Related via Buzzfeed : “133 Tech Companies Say Trump’s Immigration Order Is Unconstitutional.” ” More via WaPo. Unbundled higher ed can't.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” Palantir is the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and funded in part by the CIA. Another tech company ready and willing to support Trump: IBM. If you know the history of this company , it’s a rather frightening gesture. .” ” The book was racist. is disappointed in Common Core.

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