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OpenSecrets.org on how the student loan industry and higher ed institutions spend their lobbying dollars : “The politics behind your college and how you pay for it.” Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.”

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” “According to my observations, the standard Seattle Nazi is a white male under 30 who either works in the tech industry or is going to school to work in the tech industry” – from David Lewis’ story in The Stranger about white nationalists in Seattle. ” asks The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” ” Via Infodocket : “ Louisiana State University is Suing Elsevier For Breach of Contract.”

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. “ inBloom ’s collapse undermined personalized learning and data standards efforts,” says danah boyd. (I’m Via Education Week : “ Personalized Learning and the ‘ Internet of Things :’ Q&A.” Elsevier has acquired Plum Analytics. So there you go.). million total.

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blog : “ Elsevier Collaborates with Hypothesis to Integrate Open Annotation.” How much money does the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative spent in order to place advertorials about personalized learning in ed-tech publications like Edsurge ? Via the Hypothes.is Venture) Philanthropy and the Business of Education Reform.

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Student could read about the actual history of MIT, if they want to think about the ethical implications of their work, and its ties to the military industrial complex. ” Edsurge on “An Education ‘Intrapreneur’ on the Difficulties Innovating in a Conservative Industry.” ” Please stop.

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Spoiler alert: it’s about learning how to teach differently.). Personalized learning is anything you want it to be. ” Make them learn to code , of course. Elsevier has acquired bepress. ” Via School Transportation News : “How Predictive Analytics Can Help the School Bus Industry.”