Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

I’m also working on a magazine article that’ll come out this fall on education technology and venture capital. VCs often speak of having an “investment thesis” – a strategy for why they fund certain companies. ” Investors go to the event for private meetings. They go to play golf. Fair enough.

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Kaplan MOOC LMS Robotics 58

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

Take, for example, the founding editor of the technology trade magazine Wired , Kevin Kelly. The Internet did become more privatized, more commercialized around that date – 1991 – and thanks to companies like AOL, a version of it became more accessible to more people. So we can reorganize the bar graph.

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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].

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Meet the New Mega-University.” ” Via Education Week : “ FUNecole : Social-Emotional Learning Meets Computer Science and Digital Literacy.” on Coursera.” ” (deeplearning.ai

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Education Coursera Facebook MOOC 53

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” For-profit higher ed company Education Management Corp says it will close 22 out of 26 of its Brown Mackie College locations.

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Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via NPR on Sunday : “ President Trump Set To Meet With Presidents Of Historically Black Colleges And Universities.” ” Via NPR on Tuesday : “ Trump, And Most Black College Presidents, Absent From Annual Meeting.” Via The Washington Post : “ Student loan companies reach $21.6 million total.

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Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

” The company in question: FedLoan Servicing. More on legal cases involving student loan servers in the courts section above; more on loan forgiveness and for-profits in the for-profit section above; more on student loan companies raising venture capital in the venture capital section below. ” Go, School Sports Team!

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Education Laptops Company Report 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” In November, Bloomberg reported that WeWork , a co-working space startup that acquired both the coding bootcamp Flatiron School and the meet-up company MeetUp this year, planned to open a private K–12 school in one of its facilities.

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Robotics Company Industry Data 63

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

” Via The Washington Post : “ DeVos rejects invitation to meet with former for-profit college students.” Via the AP: “A new federal lawsuit by Pennsylvania ’s attorney general says the nation’s largest student loan company engaged in abusive practices that have cost borrowers billions of dollars.”

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

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. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ”).

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40

Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

” Via Politico : “A complex legal battle involving dozens of debt collection companies fighting over contracts with the Education Department has essentially suspended the government’s ability to collect defaulted student loans , the Trump administration disclosed in a court filing on Monday night.”

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Kaplan Education Blackboard MOOC 46

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. ” From the HR Department. Edsurge has hired Jeffrey R.

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

“The Education of Betsy DeVos ” – a profile of the Secretary of Education in Politico Magazine. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ DeVry Parent Company Makes Pledges to Students.” The Australian company provides courses for schools that decide to outsource their educational services. ” She was Ms.

Education 48

Education Facebook Company Robotics 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” “Who’s Meeting With DeVos ? News from the most well-funded ed-tech company, student loan provider SoFi : SoFi settles w/ FTC over allegations it misrepresented how much borrowers save by refinancing. Really looking forward to this new testing company though! Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

The move comes after criticism from government watchdogs who warned of financial entanglements with private companies vying for millions in GI Bill tuition.” Also via Edsurge : “ MIT Moves Beyond the MOOC to Court Companies, Professional Learners.” “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“ “ What’s Next?

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MOOC Education Kaplan Company 43

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” The proposal would expand the gainful employment rule to all schools that receive federal aid, but it would remove any penalties for schools that fail to meet acceptable levels. ” Via Bitcoin Magazine : “Pilot Project Verifies Academic Credentials on the Bitcoin Blockchain.” And Bill Cosby ’s, Too.”

Education 45

Education MOOC Company ProctorU 45

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ Muslim students tried to meet with a lawmaker. ” New Nanodegrees from Udacity : Digital Marketing and Robotics. ’s Financial-Responsibility Test.”

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

” They’re suing the company. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ ACICS -Accredited Colleges Meet Federal Deadline.” Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction. Via Edsurge : “​Are False Connections with AI Robots Putting Your Student’s Emotional Health at Risk?” ” “ A.I.

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MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

Now the company is betting big on both,” says Inside Higher Ed. Via The New York Times Magazine : “What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn.” Edsurge on teachers leaving the classroom to join tech companies. “ Edsurge on the ethics of ed-tech companies paying teachers. Vive la MOOC révolution.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

Worth noting: the website promotes private student loan companies SkillsFund and Climb to students looking for tuition assistance.). Via Techcrunch : “ SoFi co-founder Dan Macklin is leaving the company.” ” Via Edsurge : “ EDUCAUSE Adds Emerging Edtech Membership for Small Companies, Hints at Overhaul.”

Education 46

Education Data Report Software 46