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Hack Education Weekly News

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Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘ Adversarial Narrative ’ With Public School Teachers,” says Edsurge. From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” The startup is called Learning Beautiful.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” “Student marketplace Spitball has launched a token-based ‘ blockchain economy ’ that aims to switch up the e-learning industry and create a decentralised landscape for students,” says IBS Intelligence. Sounds legit.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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“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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