Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2017

As the bubbly enthusiasm in the democratizing power of platforms like Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Khan Academy quietly wanes, we’ve seen more attention to digital inequity like the homework gap and gender discrimination in coding careers. Despite the sobering findings, 2017 offered some notable bright spots.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

.” And in Delaware , “Authorities have arrested two Smyrna high school students in connection with threats involving clowns and bombs ,” the AP reports. ” “ Clown College Calls National Rash of Rumored Clown Scares ‘Troubling’,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Raise $146.1

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” The allegations center on reports that Paris, through inappropriate means, asked legislators to provide state funds to the college, a Christian institution in Arkansas.” “ EdX To Retire Foundational 6.002x Platform,” Class Central reports.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

” “8 Grad Students Are Arrested Protesting the GOP Tax Bill on Capitol Hill,” The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Adam Harris reported on Tuesday. Via NPR : “ School Voucher Programs Should Be Clear About Disability Rights , Report Says.” ” That’s a report from the GAO. “Huh?”

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Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

” Via The Hechinger Report : “ Betsy DeVos ’s school choice ideas are a reality in Sweden , where student performance has suffered.” Via Motherboard : “The FCC ’s New Broadband Map Paints an Irresponsibly Inaccurate Picture of American Broadband.” National) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

Via the US News & World Report : “ Melania Trump , Jordan’s Queen Tour Girls-Only Charter School.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “New Law Nixing Broadband Privacy Protections Stirs K–12 Fears.” “2 Education Dept. ” That is, shuttered for-profits like ITT Tech. .”

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

“ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via The Verge : “ OLPC ’s $100 laptop was going to change the world – then it all went wrong.” ” Research, “Research,” and Reports.

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