Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Eric Holcomb says Indiana ’s low-rated online charter schools need ‘immediate attention and action’ ” Via Motherboard : “Half of West Virginia has Applied for Broadband Assistance.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “Huh?”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

More federal stuff: Inside Higher Ed on restructuring at the US Department of Education : “Proposed reorganization would eliminate office of under secretary, which oversaw higher ed policy for much of the Obama and George W. Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

” Via Ars Technica : “Senate Democrats fight FCC plan to lower America’s broadband standards.” million to cover federal funds that went to the botched statewide school broadband contract.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Its Children Lost.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 31, 2017

“Higher education and library associations called on the Federal Communications Commission Thursday to uphold Obama-era rules requiring broadband providers to treat all traffic on the internet equally,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” And by “take on,” that means “investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants.” ” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. These 11 Cases Show How.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Vive la MOOC révolution. ” “Orphan MOOCs and the Digital Dark Ages” by Jeffrey Pomerantz in Hybrid Pedagogy. ” There’s more licensing and certification news in the MOOC section above. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

” The New York Times’ Editorial Board weighs in on the Trump administration’s recent policy shift on student debt: “The Wrong Move on Student Loans.” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “New Law Nixing Broadband Privacy Protections Stirs K–12 Fears.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” MOOCs are out. More via Techcrunch. Or something.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” 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.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

“ Trump and Chief Strategist Pick Bannon Disagreed on Foreign Student Policy,” says Inside Higher Ed. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). And I’m not sure if Udacity now better fits here in this for-profit higher ed section, but there’s news about it in the MOOC section above.

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Education Company Data Pearson 40