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Or one could look at ed-tech companies that laid off staff: the coding bootcamp Galvanize , the analytics company Civitas Learning , the learning management system Schoology , MOOC provider Coursera , the education giant Pearson , for example. Two high-profile coding bootcamps, The Iron Yard and Dev Bootcamp, closed their doors.

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” Via the Dallas Morning News : “Professors who ban guns in their classrooms will be punished, UT lawyer says.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Dive makes claims about “ MOOCs as tools for equity in under-resourced high schools.” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology. .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Via NPR : “ New Jersey Attorney General On Investigating For-Profit Colleges.” The Business of Job Training.

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Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Google has updated its pseudo-LMS, Classroom. More Google PR, this time from The Verge : “ Google is adding ARCore support to the Chromebook Tab 10 with Classroom updates.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Education Dept.

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” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Coursera ’s New Strategy Takes Inspiration From Netflix – and LinkedIn.” ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. Teacher on Paid Leave After Confederate Flag Found Hanging in Classroom.”