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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Edsurge : “Experts Look Into the Crystal Ball of the Next Administration’s Ed Policy.” From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” ” Coursera highlights its mentors – its volunteer mentors – on its blog. ” The Other US Clown Crisis. Raise $146.1

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. This reversal in policy is a bad decision for all of us." Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The task force, put together by Entangled Solutions , includes “25 members from think tanks (including education policy wonk Rick Hess from the American Enterprise Institute), colleges (University of Texas), coding bootcamps (Galvanize), investment banking (Tyton Partners), and accounting firms (Ernst & Young).”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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In Move Towards More Online Degrees, Coursera Introduces Its First Bachelor ’s.” ” “Coursera and other purveyors of massive open online courses supposedly signaled the end of traditional credentials and, as some told it, universities. Edsurge on the business of OER. Vive la MOOC révolution.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” And here’s what DeVos said when she spoke to the American Federation for Children’s National Policy Summit. Via Edsurge : “Possible ‘Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse’: Report Questions NYC School Broadband Spending.” Via NPR : “Here’s What Betsy DeVos Said Wednesday On Capitol Hill.”