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AUGUST 24, 2018

Via CNBC : “ Google , Apple and 13 other companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ’” Via Edsurge : “School’s Out for the Latest Y Combinator Batch, and Here’s What Its Edtech Graduates Are Up to.”

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APRIL 28, 2017

“5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” Perhaps this will help the Grovo fellows: “Tips for Landing an Edtech Gig – From the EdSurge Jobs Team.” ” asks Jade E.

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MARCH 24, 2017

officials approve new rating system.” Via The USA Today : “Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ ” The kids were from Pleasant Run Elementary School in Indianapolis. Via Google’s blog : “ Howard University opens a new campus at the Googleplex.”

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JULY 28, 2017

” The story contains some machinations at the Department of Education in which the White Hous e tried to fire a Jeb Bush-supporting staffer. ” asks Chester E. ” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Digital Promise Reimagine Teacher Tech Training with New National Program.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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APRIL 27, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first time as education secretary.” For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.”

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

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MARCH 16, 2018

“New report calls out NCAA for saying that black athletes graduate at higher rates than other black students, when that’s not true at the top conferences,” says Inside Higher Ed. Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Go, School Sports Team!

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” Acumen “senior innovation associate” writes about +Acumen in Edsurge : “The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates ? E-Sports Make A Play For The Big Ten.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Wheee.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” It’s one of a number of departures from Edsurge recently: Mary Jo Madda is now at Google. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “Teachers Are Finding Innovative Ways to Use Robots in Class,” claims Education Week.

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MARCH 10, 2017

” Via eCampus News : “The 2 edtech fields with the most potential under Trump.” Via The Chicago Tribune : “ Chance the Rapper writes $1 million check to CPS as a ‘call to action’ ” “The History of the Future of E-rate ” by me. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Fascinating how affluent parents in the shadow of Google and Apple HQs respond to ed-tech, no?). Via Techcrunch : “ Nickelodeon gets into e-books with new reading app for kids, Nick Jr. ” “ Google’s Toontastic storytelling app for kids goes 3D,” says Techcrunch. ” The program: Teach to One.

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JUNE 8, 2018

Via E&E News : “ Cabinet heads told to praise Paris exit. Via Techcrunch : “ Udacity and Google launch free career courses for interview prep, resume writing and more.” ” Via the Google blog : “ Teaching coding , changing lives: Google.org supports MolenGeek.” Since 1999.”

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JULY 21, 2017

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “More than 50 groups have signed a letter demanding that Candice E. Rebecca Schuman is back with her annual “ Rate My JIL ,” where she skewers the higher ed job market. ” Google boasts about “ teaching skills ” using VR. Competition.”

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JANUARY 26, 2017

” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” Among The EdTech Fund’s investments : Teachboost and Citelighter. ” Education in the Courts.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Via Edsurge : “The Edtech World is a ‘ Swamp of Gimmicks ’ – and Here’s How We Can Drain It.” Also via Edsurge : “Meet Intel Education Accelerator ’s Newest Cohort of Edtech Visionaries.” ” Funding and Acquisitions (The Business of Ed-Tech). The company has raised $38.5

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