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(The Very Last) Hack Education Weekly News

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There’s news about sketchy virtual schools in the “state/local politics” section above and about K12 Inc specifically in the “job training” section below. The Business of Job Training (and Educational Benefits for Employees). ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Oh.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.” Robots probably won’t take your jobs.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The Business of Job Training. ” Via The New York Times : “At Walmart Academy , Training Better Managers. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. ” The Business of Job Training. Via the edX blog : “Higher Education Needs a Re-think to Train Tomorrow’s Workforce.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” by Nicholas Carr.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. ” The Business of Job Training. Via Buzzfeed : “ Violence On Facebook Live Is Worse Than You Thought.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The AP : “Man at New Mexico Compound Accused of Training Kids for School Attacks.” The Business of Job Training. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches Mentorships , matching people within Groups to help them guide each other.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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The Business of Job Training (and Educational Benefits for Employees). 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. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. What are these jobs?