Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

education industry has not become so dependent (yet). ST Unitas , South Korea’s largest education business, acquired Princeton Review , the iconic U.S. Yet education ministries across Asia recognize they need more than test-takers; they need students who can ideate, create and compete in a global economy. Last month. Authess $2.2

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Those were key points that emerged during an online panel discussion EdSurge hosted on the promises and perils of AI in education. One area where we’re spending a lot of time and effort researching is how can AI and machine learning be used to help drive the design development of open-education materials?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

These are my prepared remarks, delivered on a panel titled “Outsourcing the Classroom to Ed Tech & Machine-learning: Why Parents & Teachers Should Resist” at the Network for Public Education conference in Indianapolis. First, the role that corporations and philanthropists play in shaping education policy is not new.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” Are any education technologies, for that matter? Education’s Proto-Platforms. If so, what are they?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.” That this is how a venture capitalist would characterize the future of education is, nonetheless, quite notable. “Why is there a slide about Peloton? Is this really a trend?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Several months ago, I started to jot down ideas about what I'd cover in my annual review of what's happened over the course of the past 12 months in the field / industry /promotion of education technology. Coming soon: the Hack Education Ed-Tech Decade in Review). Dangerous practices and products are normalized.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

(National) Education Politics. US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos ’ “learning curve where higher ed is concerned is quite vertical,” quips UC president Janet Napolitano. The Chronicle of Higher Education has more on Napolitano’s remarks at a lunch at UC’s Washington Center.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

And indeed, according to my calculations too, the amount of money invested in education technology companies is up from this time last year and up from this time in 2015 as well. Investors seem to really like “online education.” Coursera (online education) – $64 million. 2017 vs. . What Do These Startups Do?

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Via the Washington Post : “ Trump pitches $20 billion education plan at Ohio charter school that received poor marks from state.” More on Bill Clinton and Laureate Education in the for-profit higher ed section below. Elsewhere in Education Politics. ” Education in the Courts. I love education research.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. King to be the assistant secretary of postsecondary education.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Education Politics. Via The Washington Post : “ Trump ’s first full education budget : Deep cuts to public school programs in pursuit of school choice.” ” Also via WaPo : “Here are K–12 education programs Trump wants to eliminate in 2018 budget.” ” More via Education Week.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

(National) Education Politics. ” More on the Department of Education’s for-profit university machinations in the for-profit section below. ” Here’s a choice quotation from the head of the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office, Candace Jackson : Jackson later apologized. .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook’s Plans to “Personalize” Education. And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. More details on Mark Zuckerberg’s education investment portfolio can be found at funding.hackeducation.com.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Republicans in Congress are also working on a re-authorization of the Higher Education Act. From The Wall Street Journal , “Five Things on the House’s Higher Education Bill.” ” Also from the Department of Education’s press office : “U.S. .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Education Politics. ” Via KJZZ : “ Arizona Board Of Education Replaces Common Core State Standards.” Via Eclectablog : “Billionaire Betsy DeVos , Trump’s pick for Sec of Education, has even found a way to profit from the #FlintWaterCrisis.” ” asks Education Dive. law school.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Thoughts on how this might effect education from Inside Higher Ed , from NPR , from Internet2 (via Bryan Alexander), from The Washington Post , and from Edsurge. Via Education Week : “President Donald Trump has tapped Frank Brogan , who served as former Florida Gov. Education in the Courts.

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