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Hack Education Weekly News

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The winners of this year’s Harold W McGraw Jr Prize in Education : Dr. Christine Cunningham, Founder and Director of Engineering is Elementary (EiE) at the Museum of Science; Dr. Sandy Shugart, President of Valencia College; and Chris Anderson, TED “curator.” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals.

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Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Techcrunch : "Starting a robotics company out of school? Chegg has acquired WriteLab for $15 million. ” Via Chalkbeat : “As NYC encourages more elementary teachers to specialize in math , new research shows the strategy could hurt student learning.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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.” Via Politico : “Partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement led to the displacement of more than 300,000 Hispanic students between 2000 and 2011, with most of those students disappearing from elementary schools.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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More PR from Techcrunch : “ Nintendo is bringing Labo kits to elementary schools.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Futurism.com : “Here Are the States Where a Robot Is Most Likely to Steal Your Job.” “ Quizlet hits 50m monthly users,” says the tech PR site Techcrunch.