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.” “Three months after the former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexual assault, he was released on Friday,” NPR reports. ” “Investigation Finds Phillips Andover Faculty Engaged in Sexual Misconduct With Students,” The New York Times reports.

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There’s more local Chalkbeat reporting on the recent charter school strike in Chicago down in the “labor and management” section below. ” Via NPR : “‘It’s Preventable’: Sandy Hook Parents Promote App For Reporting School Threats.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. “ Iowa State University seeks 7 percent annual tuition hike for each of next 5 years,” The Des Moines Register reports. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.”

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” “The White House on Monday announced that it would nominate Mitchell “Mick” Zais as deputy secretary of education ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via The Nation : “This University Suggested International Students Could Be Reported to ICE if They Unionized.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Via The LA School Report : “ LAUSD approves $7.5 ” “ Louisiana Becomes First State to Ban the Box,” Inside Higher Ed reports. A New York district court awarded Elsevier US$15 million in damages for copyright infringement by Sci-Hub , the Library of Genesis (LibGen) project and related sites.”

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” Via The Hechinger Report : “Panicked universities in search of students are adding thousands of new majors.” ” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches Mentorships , matching people within Groups to help them guide each other.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Chalkbeat reports that “ Success Academy illegally changes special education services without parent input, complaint claims.” The stories out of Facebook just keep getting worse. I mean, I’m just glad that no one from Facebook is involved in education, ed-tech, ed reform, or education journalism.