Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” Via the AP : “A judge ruled Friday that school districts [in Florida ] can’t hold 3rd graders back just because they score badly on a mandated standardized reading test, saying that classroom grades and teacher evaluations have to be considered.” ” “ Salesforce on Thursday announced a donation of $8.5

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Salesforce , the world’s largest customer relationship management platform, has announced a new classroom-ready training scheme called Trailhead for Students.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Edsurge : “How Proposed Title I Changes Impact School Funding and Edtech Vendors” – “ A Win for Edtech Vendors.” I’m not sure why Inc calls ClassDojo “Slack for Classrooms” when it’s really much more “operant conditioning and surveillance for schools.”

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MAY 5, 2017

.” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.” Via The New York Times : “Microsoft Looks to Regain Lost Ground in the Classroom.” ” Via Edsurge : “Why Moodle ’s Mastermind, Martin Dougiamas, Still Believes in Edtech After Two Decades.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Classrooms.” ” There is no mention here about mind-reading robo tutors in the sky , but there are some questionable claims about what the software can do. I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review. Via Politico : “How China Infiltrated U.S.

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APRIL 27, 2018

The AP on the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow : “Education regulators are reviewing a whistleblower’s claim that Ohio ’s then- largest online charter school intentionally inflated attendance figures tied to its state funding using software it purchased after previous allegations of attendance inflation.”

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MAY 19, 2017

” “ Elsevier Wants $15 Million Piracy Damages From Sci-Hub and Libgen ,” says TorrentFreak. Via The New York Times : “How Google Took Over the Classroom.” ” Edsurge interviews Stanford’s Candace Thille on “Why ‘Black Box’ Software Isn’t Ready to Teach College.”

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