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Via Forbes : “The Startup President: How France ’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company.” Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” Via LJWorld.com : “KU student who hacked computers and changed his grades is convicted of 4 felonies.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. But when he and the head of the UN Kofi Annan went to demo the device, its signature feature — a hand crank that would power it — fell off. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. And “free” doesn’t last.

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