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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Activate Instruction migrates content to Gooru

eSchool News

Gooru’s enhanced, free K-12 content will support a variety of innovative educational models and facilitate the growth of competency-based learning.”. Around the country, schools using this approach are documenting student success. And this approach is growing.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Times : “DeVos Abandons Plan to Allow One Company to Service Federal Student Loans.” Buzzfeed’s Molly Hensley-Clancy looks at the acquisition of EDMC – the parent company of the Art Institutes chain – by The Dream Center Foundation , a network of Christian missionary centers.

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Making College A Powerful Experience For the Most Marginalized

MindShift

Childcare, work, documentation status, and the many “hoops” students have to jump through to get a college degree are often some of the biggest barriers. They document work experiences related to school, post writings and the readings, and upload everything to an online platform. COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING.

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