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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

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This is the last Hack Education Weekly News of the year because next week I am publishing a very abbreviated review of 2018, and I won’t need to study in detail what happens each week anymore. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via Education Week : “ Nap Time Boosts Learning , Studies Say.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Washington Post : “Meet the parents who won’t let their children study literature.” Via the EFF : “Stupid Patent of the Month: Elsevier Patents Online Peer Review.” Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier. Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via EdScoop : “ USC launches edtech research center focused on underrepresented youth.” “‘Eton for all’: will robot teachers mean everyone gets an elite education? ” This, from Edsurge , is pretty awful: “Why Edtech Executives Are Keeping a Close Eye on Preschool Demographics.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Study Shows Choices Are Slim.” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Tutoring company Topica Edtech Group has raised $50 million from Northstar Group. RELX is the former weapons dealer known as Reed Elsevier. ” Via Chalkbeat : “ Students show up to school more often when they see ‘ familiar faces ,’ new study finds.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” ” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Banning research on school vouchers ?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Meanwhile on Campus… Sara Goldrick-Rab on food insecurity on college campuses : “It’s Hard to Study if You’re Hungry.” I don’t recall if I talked about Elsevier when I wrote about platforms as part of my 2017 review. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Empathy?!