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Libraries 48

Libraries E-rate Pearson Social Media 48

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? The thread on this tweet has the details. “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link].

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Learning.comoffers a complete online safety curriculum that provides lesson plans and activities, reporting on district E-rate compliance, and seamless integration with Google Classroom and other widely used learning platforms. Founded in 1999, Learning.com currently partners with one in six U.S.

E-rate 41

E-rate Online Assessments Industry Report 41

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “ Student loan companies reach $21.6 Via IDG’s CIO magazine : “ How artificial intelligence is transforming learning.” The literacy software company has raised $14.8 ” Edsurge writes up the latest report from EducationSuperhighway on e-rate connectivity at public schools.

Education 48

Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Remember Time Magazine’s darkening of the OJ mugshot? content farm or content mill : a company that employs a staff of freelance writers to create content designed to satisfy search engine retrieval algorithms with the goal of attracting views and advertising revenue. Some are born digital. Remember Sandy? ” ( Wikipedia ).

Social Media 40

Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. .” ” These colleges no longer offer federal loans because of students’ high default rates.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

And this prompted me to update my list of education / technology companies that are ALEC members.). The New York Times Magazine interviews the new Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. His rather disastrous business history in ed-tech includes SoftKey and The Learning Company. Via CNN : “ Rewrite the Constitution ?

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Masslive.com : “ Massachusetts state government announced a new partnership with an online education company on Thursday to help public employees and the state’s public universities take advantage of online classes.” ” The company in question: edX. Contests and Awards. Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” World Magazine on how Liberty University handles its student newspaper: “Papered over.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” Sounds legit.

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” (Juul is an e-cigarette that markets its product to teens and peddles social emotional learning content.). ” Via Cleveland.com : “National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio.” to For-Profit Company Tackling School Schedules.” ” The company: Abl Schools.

Education 43

Education MOOC E-rate Coursera 43

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Via The Verge : “ Juul has 60 days to prove it can keep its e-cigs away from kids, FDA warns.” The New York Times Magazine has a long and thoughtful piece by Sara Mosle on school reforms in the Atlanta Public Schools. ” (Also from Hill : “Timeline of e-Literate Coverage of Blackboard Learn Ultra.”).

Education 54

Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 54

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” asks New York Magazine. ” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. .” ” asks Chester E. (National) Education Politics.

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all. .”

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Via The Chicago Tribune : “ Chance the Rapper writes $1 million check to CPS as a ‘call to action’ ” “The History of the Future of E-rate ” by me. Via GeekWire : “ Amazon Education GM leaves; company says it ‘remains committed’ to K–12 technology.” She made $9.6

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I wrote “an explainer” of sorts on Thiel and his politics, and I listed the education companies that he’s invested in. Have any ed-tech companies, particularly those funded by Thiel or Zuckerberg or Y Combinator, spoken out about this? Nicole Eramo, a former dean of students, is suing the magazine for $7.9

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” They’re suing the company. Via Techcrunch : “ Nickelodeon gets into e-books with new reading app for kids, Nick Jr. For-profit higher and student loan companies. “Blended learning” company Learntron has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Kae Capital. Upgrades and Downgrades.

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. Via San Francisco Magazine : “A Kindergarten Teacher May Be Evicted from Her Mission Apartment. “Is Estonia the new Finland ? .”

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via E&E News : “ Cabinet heads told to praise Paris exit. Via Philadelphia Magazine : “This Quaker Sex Ed Teacher Says Your Kids Need to Be Porn-Literate.” Denny Sanford, whose company – checks notes – sells social emotional learning curriculum to schools. The company has raised $15.7

Khan Academy 45

Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Wheeler supported e-Rate reform and “ net neutrality.” the largest for-profit operator of online schools in the country, are calling on the company to disclose how much it spends on lobbying and advertising ,” Education Week reports. ” The Trump administration? Not so much.

Education 40

Education Elsevier Report Company 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ DeVos-Backed Company Makes Questionable Claims on Autism , ADHD.” ” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. ” Via Real Clear Education : “Connecting Schools to the Future: Rethinking E-Rate.”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40