Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. Consultants charged the district as much as $1,000 per day for their services, as recorded in former Washington Post reporter Dale Russakoff’s book, The Prize. Take Fulton County School District, in Georgia.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

An increasing amount of data around personalized educational models like "blended learning" and content-specific software suggests that edtech makes instruction in diverse classrooms more efficient. Unfortunately, though, there are no reliable ratings or certifications for these products -- no Consumer Reports.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

(National) Education Politics. US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos launched a “rethink schools” tour. Here are some reports from her travels: Via Chalkbeat : “What is Betsy DeVos ’s ‘rethink school’ initiative all about? Her Wyoming speech offers clues.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

.” “More than 150 House and Senate Democrats sent Education Secretary Betsy DeVos a letter Monday that objected to her department’s recently announced shift in how it chooses the contractors that service federal student loans ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. State and Local) Education Politics.

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