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Via The Washington Post : “Meet the parents who won’t let their children study literature.” ” Among its cargo: a Facebook / Internet.org satellite that was supposed to provide Internet access Facebook to African countries. Shawn Graham responds to this patent on peer review by patenting Elsevier.

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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. Sandbox has acquired Constructive Media. RELX is the former weapons dealer known as Reed Elsevier. What are these jobs? Upgrades and Downgrades.

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” Speaking of Peter Thiel, “ Mark Zuckerberg : Facebook fake news didn’t sway election,” USA Today reports from the Techonomy conference. ” From the press release : “ Jisc Collections and Elsevier Sign Landmark UK Agreement, Securing Access to Research Publications and Initiating Open Science Collaboration.”

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” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of ScienceDirect Topics, an information platform that has been compared to Wikipedia.” ” Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg will offer a scholarship “to ‘cut through’ unequal access to opportunity.” Trillion in 2018.”

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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.” Via Gizmodo : “ Facebook Will Add 3,000 More People to Watch Murders and Suicides.”

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Meanwhile on Campus… Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Florida State Cancels Bundled Journal Deal With Elsevier.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “New study finds that ending SAT and ACT requirements results in more applications and more diversity – without any decline in graduation rates.” Teens as Adults.”

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” “A Gadsden City Schools principal has been suspended after coming under fire for a social media post he made following Trump ’s election,” the AP reports. Campus Technology reports that “ Elsevier Debuts Metrics Tracking Journal Performance.” ” Upgrades and Downgrades. .”