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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It’s now become a way in which educational events, organizations, and institutions dole out funding for projects. The incident caused a great deal of furor, perhaps because it came at a moment of heightened political outcry about the Common Core State Standards and standardized testing. The TED Talk. In 2013, Pearson paid $7.7

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A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

The Hechinger Report

In a history class, for example, imagine two students taking a test based on a chapter reading on the Vietnam War. Yet one student may have limited geography skills, and is not making connections between events in neighboring Laos and Cambodia. Both get a D, implying a similar lack of understanding. More of that change is underway.

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