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Hack Education Weekly News

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“ ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More,” says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump’s campaign promises. More on the future of Common Core from NPR. Inside Higher Ed has more on the latter.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Campus Technology : “ Udacity has announced a partnership with a ride-sharing service in China to host a $100,000 prize competition to find the best machine learning strategy to improve customer experience.” ” Speaking of openwashing : “ Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core , Rise of ‘Open’ Resources.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Communications Experts Criticize Elsevier - Florida Pilot.” ” “Word about the Vector Assessment of Readiness for College, or Vector A.R.C.,