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schools in recent years, according to an Associated Press analysis, but few have shown any indication that they’ll follow the lead of businesses that are cutting ties with the group following last month’s massacre at a Florida high school.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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” “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 Edsurge : “ Apple iPad Sales to Schools Jump 32%, Selling 1M Tablets in Fiscal Q3 2017.” These 11 Cases Show How.”

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” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” “ MOOCs : A Postmortem” by Jonathan Rees. ” More via WaPo. ” Tech PR gonna PR. ” LOL.

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Via PBS Frontline : “ Climate Change Skeptic Group Seeks to Influence 200,000 Teachers.” ” The group in question is the Heartland Institute , a libertarian think tank. ” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s Rick Levin on the Evolution of MOOCs and Microcredentials.” .” Welp. million total.

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” IBM released a Watson-powered education app for iPad. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” Via NPR : “The Return Of Bilingual Education In California ? .” IBM partners with Pearson.

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Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Post and Courier : “ South Carolina ’s online charter schools: A $350 million investment with disappointing returns.”

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Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via The Telegraph : “ Teaching children with iPads means they struggle to concentrate without technology, study finds.” ” Of course.