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Hack Education Weekly News

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.” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. In other STEM news, Pornhub awards a “women in tech” scholarship. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “Ed access to VR growing as low-cost options expand,” says Education Dive. ” Spoiler alert: humans.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Atlantic : “It’s Getting Harder for International STEM Students to Find Work After Graduation.” ” A data breach at Chegg – more details in the data and surveillance section below. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Education in the Courts.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. Robot essay graders — they grade just the same as human ones. In September 2010, Techcrunch founder Mike Arrington announced that Kno had raised $46 million from Andreessen-Horowitz and other investors.

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