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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The Salt Lake City school board has voted to rename Jackson Elementary. And one for-profit story is in the Betteridge’s Law of Headlines section because of course. Via Edsurge : “New Cybersecurity Course Teaches Teens the ABCs of (Ethical) Hacking.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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LAUSD to get $6.4M in software settlement from Pearson

eSchool News

Another computer company, Lenovo, also had charged the district for Pearson curriculum. The deal with Lenovo came later, after the district decided to include devices from other manufacturers and to slow down a technology rollout that was beset with problems. Under the agreement, Apple will pay the district $4.2

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. But this isn''t simply kids playing hopscotch or tag, of course. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that James Madison University will begin offering credit to online students who complete a 16-week introductory conversational Spanish course.

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