The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Shawn Young, chief executive of Classcraft, a tech company that produces educational games and other products, likens the current momentum around social-emotional learning to past trends such as the push to bring laptops and iPads to every student.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

If every child had a computer or iPad, she could log into a customized cyberclassroom and learn at her own pace. Some kids are English learners, and others have disabilities; some read well above grade level, and others lag behind in math. Teachers in Rhode Island did not participate in the wave of strikes that began last spring.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” ” Well, I guess I need to keep an eye on how the tutoring industry rebrands itself what with all the investment dollars it’s receiving.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

A Checklist for Accountability in the Industry Behind Government Hacking | The Citizen Lab → Suggestions from Citizen Lab on how best to confront the lack of accountability in the commercial spyware trade. He gave a speech and devoted 150 words to education and choice. Agree or not, but hardly 'mission accomplished.'

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” “ Minecraft: Education Edition is coming to iPad,” says Techcrunch. .” OPB on “The Strange Case of Susie Strangfield ,” Parts 1 and 2. Via AZ Central : “ Primavera charter CEO gets $8.8M

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

“ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? Via Ed Week’s Market Brief : “ Predictive Analytics in Ed-Tech Create New Questions in K–12, Higher Ed” – a dispatch from an Education Technology Industry Network event.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Feds Drop Investigation Into Los Angeles District Over $1 Billion iPad Purchase.” Meanwhile on Campus… Via ProPublica : “‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System.”

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