Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. ” That for-profit is Laureate Education , the largest chain of for-profit schools in the world and an investor in Coursera.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

” University of Zurich professor Paul-Olivier Dehaye continued his case against Coursera, questioning the authority that the MOOC startup had to transfer European student data. It’s weaponized already, of course. None of this surveillance plays out equitably. None of the surveillance and none of the punishment.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

I missed this news earlier in April, via Class Central : financial aid applications for Coursera take at least 15 days. ” Edreports.org has released new reports on math textbooks and how well they align to the Common Core. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX.

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Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Nevada officials announced Tuesday that a common-core assessment consortium will credit the state $1.8 Via Education Next : “The Politics of the Common Core Assessments.” ” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education in an interview with Coursera’s Daphne Koller.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. In part, their struggles are a result of controversies surrounding the Common Core State Standards, which were supposed to streamline and procurement the development of curriculum and assessment. Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Everything’s a business opportunity.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The email, he said, detailed a “Priority 1 Alert” that had been issued by Pearson and the New Jersey Department of Education, regarding a student who had tweeted about a test question on the PARCC — a standardized test based on the Common Core State Standards. Common Core State Standards. In 2013, Pearson paid $7.7

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

The base curriculum is aligned with the Common Core, and each course includes meaningful projects, playlists of content and assessments, all of which can be customized. Teachers can adapt or create new playlists and projects to meet their students’ needs.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one-quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” He was an instructor in one of several high-profile Coursera failures back in 2013. Via Education Week : “ Common Core , College Readiness Skills Don’t Match Up, Study Says.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via The Washington Post : “ School offers ‘incentives’ to get kids to take Common Core standardized test.” ” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.” Robots hate the Common Core. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

” Via KJZZ : “ Arizona Board Of Education Replaces Common Core State Standards.” ” “ The Most Popular Courses of 2016 ” on Coursera. ” Via Buzzfeed : “Senators Push For Mass Student Loan Forgiveness Before Trump Takes Office.” ” The Trump Administration.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Via Education Week : “Even When States Revise Standards, the Core of the Common Core Remains.” Coursera announces on its blog that it’s expanding to Brazil. Here’s Coursera arguing “Why Everyone Should Learn Sales.” More shadiness from Thiel in the campus news section below.

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