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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.” ” That approach: Reggio Emilia.

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From Liberia , “Government to crackdown on unlicensed schools,” New Vision reports. ” There is no mention here about mind-reading robo tutors in the sky , but there are some questionable claims about what the software can do. Research, “Research,” and Reports. Classrooms.” Paying taxes.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Hechinger Report : “Panicked universities in search of students are adding thousands of new majors.” Procare Software has raised an undisclosed amount of money from Warburg Pincus. The childcare management tech provider also acquired Cirrus Group , which also makes similar software.

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University of Texas at Austin , related to features unique to that university,“ Inside Higher Ed reports. ” As Vox reports, “The Court announced Thursday that it was unable to reach a decision in the case United States v. ” asks The Hechinger Report after looking at the country’s rising PISA scores.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. “ 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. ” Holy s**t.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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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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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “ Elon Musk and the chief executive of Uber are now advising Donald Trump ,” The Washington Post reports. Via The Hechinger Report : “ Mississippi ’s early ed shakeup: State reorganizes key child care services, launches new family tracking system.” ” The Trump administration? Not so much.