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Year in Review: Our Top Edtech Business Stories of 2018

Edsurge

When teachers rely on tools from Google and Facebook just to keep up with students, it’s a “ race to the bottom ,” says Tristan Harris, who heads the Center for Humane Technology. What Happens to Student Data Privacy When Chinese Firms Acquire US Edtech Companies? Is Assessment Ready to Move Beyond Standardized Tests?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. For a time, Edmodo was quite the ed-tech industry darling. Can Edmodo Turn Virality into Profitability?”

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