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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness.

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Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. Edsurge profiles “ personalized learning ” software used in a virtual school that has some 450 incarcerated students. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ OpenStax Launches Learning Platform.” and from Hacker News. for Robotics Contest.”