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Best Second Jobs for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Chegg Tutors : Chegg is a popular platform that connects students to tutors in a wide range of subjects. Examples of the types of freelance writing and editing work a teacher might do include educational content writing, academic writing and proofreading, book editing, among others.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Is Running a Company Like Leading a Classroom? Via The Outline : “The rise and fall of the company behind ’ Reader Rabbit’ and all your favorite educational games.” ” A data breach at Chegg – more details in the data and surveillance section below. .” Labor and Management.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

I’ve got Joshua Hunt’s new book The University of Nike sitting here on my desk. Here he is in The New York Times : “Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: College Athletics and Its Corporate Sponsors.” Doesn’t look like the company has anyone to take his place yet. ” Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” (I’m including this here because all of these entities – Kushner’s family, the companies he received loans from – have education investments too.). ” (Learndirect is a job training company that has a major contract with the UK government.). ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” Meanwhile on Campus… Via the Dallas News : “Self-published ‘ Pepe the Frog ’ kids’ book is conservative but not alt-right, Denton ISD admin says.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes include Harvard University’s Matthew Desmond for his book Evicted and the Salt Lake Tribune’s staff for its reporting on sexual assault at BYU. ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. million total.