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BloomBoard Appoints New CEO, Restructures Focus Around Micro-Credentials

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A landmark report from TNTP, a nonprofit organization, estimated that the 50 largest U.S. Some of those teachers spend upwards of 150 hours every year on training sessions, workshops and conferences that sometimes resemble what many students experience in the classroom: listening to a lecture and taking notes.

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Sony Vows to Bring “Blockchain” Tech to Education. Will It Take Hold in K-12?

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” One of the obvious questions about blockchain in the current education environment is whether it would become ensnared in the web of student-data-privacy concerns, which has tripped up many an ed-tech company and put K-12 district officials on edge. Opinion) Digital Badges Have Revolutionary Appeal.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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