Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via WaPo : “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” ” Via Geekwire : “ Google quietly donates $10M to University of Washington in another major computer science gift.” Via the AP : “How Google Chromebooks conquered schools.”

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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.” ” Contrasting community college takes: a Pearson op-ed in Edsurge versus pretty much anything “ Dean Dad ” writes. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

And speaking of copyrighting a language of a warlike people, the Oracle v Google case had its closing arguments this week. On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. ” (That giant: Pearson , of course.). MOOCs for credit !

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

” Despite all the Common Core-aligned revisions and all the headlines to the contrary, “ The New SAT Won’t Close the Achievement Gap.” Other companies with similar models: Spark Schools, which raised $9 million this year from the Omidyar Network and Pearson, and APEC, also funded by Pearson.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company. The Common Core. And Silicon Valley tech investors, as well as large education corporations like Pearson, are behind this. Facebook is, although Mark Zuckerberg denies it , a media company. Political correctness. Foreign students. Government involvement in student loans.

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