Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches Youth Portal to educate teens on the platform, how their data is being used.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Not so fast, suggest investors.

Education 49

Education Company MOOC Report 49

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Federal Bureau of Investigation this week released details of a fraud scheme that bilked more than $24 million in Post–9/11 GI Bill funds, affecting more than 2,500 student veterans.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Content warning: contains hype about “ mindsets.”

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. And “free” doesn’t last. Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via Techcrunch : “ Udacity and Google launch free career courses for interview prep, resume writing and more.” ” The head of the OECD ’s education division, Andreas Schleicher, writes in The Hill about “Educating students for the fourth industrial revolution.” May Be About to Fire Its President.”

Khan Academy 45

Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” Via The Seattle Times : “Shooter sent Facebook message to Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos before gunfire at UW protest, police say.” “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40