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AUGUST 11, 2017

Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” “ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. ” Education in the Courts.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

“ Lights go out at Education Department headquarters – and may stay off for some time,” The Washington Post reports. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to push ahead with his nomination today, despite the numerous reports now about Brett Kavanaugh ’s history of drunkenness and alleged sexual assault.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). the nation’s largest virtual charter school management company , as president of academics, policy, and schools. . “Reviving the MOOC ” – an op-ed by Stephen Downes. ” Contests and Awards.

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JULY 6, 2018

Via The Chicago Sun Times : “1 in 4 Chicago schools fails in new inspections spurred by dirty schools reports.” Via The Wall Street Journal : “ California plans to sue one of the nation’s largest student loan companies.” State and Local) Education Politics. ” That would be Navient. Pay Tuition Later.”

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. Without revenue the company will go away.

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MARCH 2, 2018

” Via The Hechinger Report : “ Betsy DeVos ’s school choice ideas are a reality in Sweden , where student performance has suffered.” ” (I’m including this here because all of these entities – Kushner’s family, the companies he received loans from – have education investments too.). .”

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

“Report: Stephen Miller Pushed Ending Chinese Student Visas.” ” “ Apple wins appeal of UW-Madison patent infringement case,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. ” Via Education Week : “Security Companies Sell School ‘Hardening’ as Mass-Shooting Solution.”

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