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APRIL 13, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress this week about privacy, data, monopoly power, and regulations. And there’s more Facebook-related news in several of the sections below. ” Via The Verge : “ Facebook -backed lawmakers are pushing to gut privacy law.” (National) Education Politics.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. Pearson has issued a report on students’ attitudes toward digital course materials.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

of Mississippi Students Stage Sit-In Over Racist Social-Media Post.” “School officials have dropped most of the Tennessee middle school social studies standards involving Islam as part of newly proposed standards,” the AP reports. . .” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ U.

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DECEMBER 22, 2017

Two school districts in two states are scaling back their use of the Facebook -built Summit Public Schools ’ learning management system. Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.” More on the news in the HR section below. ” Education in the Courts.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

. “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies.

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JUNE 1, 2018

While most of the headlines this week about Puerto Rico addressed the fact that a Harvard study found the death toll from Hurricane Maria hit almost 5000, Edsurge runs with a happy story about the island : “Months After a Devastating Hurricane, Puerto Rican Schools Turn to the Sun.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

I first read an article by Seymour Papert in a Women’s Studies class in the mid 1990s – “ Epistemological Pluralism ,” which he co-wrote with Sherry Turkle. And then there’s the advice from Pearson. Never forget: Bill Gates once called constructionism “b t.” ” ).

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APRIL 6, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage.” ” Via the Google blog : “Rolling Study Halls: turning bus time into learning time.” Reminder that Facebook built the Summit Learning Platform.).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” Speaking of Peter Thiel, “ Mark Zuckerberg : Facebook fake news didn’t sway election,” USA Today reports from the Techonomy conference. ” “ Facebook ’s ‘Free’ Internet Will Harm Low-Income Consumers,” says Wired. .” Emphasis on “pays.” million total.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Via the New Haven Independent : “The school board [in New Haven , Connecticut ] will allow Yale University continue with a study on students struggling to read, but tighter rules will be in place for any future research.” ” The study includes DNA testing. ” Not sure we needed emails to know this, but hey.

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MAY 5, 2017

Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” Via Gizmodo : “ Facebook Will Add 3,000 More People to Watch Murders and Suicides.” ” Nope, robots will not be doing this job of content moderation , as Facebook recently boasted at its developer conference.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million.

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APRIL 3, 2017

Rather it’s a history itself – ideally one that’s useful for our thinking about the past, present, and future in the way in which the study of history always should be. Turns out that Pearson, which once funded and acquired a lot of startups, isn’t in particularly good financial shape itself.).

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JULY 27, 2018

Via Wired : “Congress Has a $65 Million Proposal to Study Tech’s Effect on Kids.” “An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg : our child died at** Sandy Hook** – why let Facebook lies hurt us even more?” Will Merge Government Data, Social Media Posts.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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DECEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook’s Plans to “Personalize” Education. And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. But in this case, they must also sign away their right to sue Facebook or Summit Public Schools in case of a problem (like, say, a data breach).

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Hires Campbell Brown to Lead News Partnerships Team.” Facebook’s contempt for public education continues. Pearson execs writing in Edsurge ask , “Can Edtech Support – and Even Save – Educational Research ?” ” From the HR Department.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.). Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms. Lots more to say about what happened here, but schools would do well to ensure that they remain in control of their social media accounts.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Equifax , Facebook , facial recognition , DACA , etc.). Educators and students are compelled to use centrally purchased tools, data systems, and popular social media platforms. Lots more to say about what happened here, but schools would do well to ensure that they remain in control of their social media accounts.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

University of Nebraska political science professor Ari Kohen “liked” a photo on Facebook depicting a defaced campaign sign for Congressman Jeff Fortenberry. ” The “guru” is Brendan Kealey , formerly with Pearson. Via Getting Smart : “Extending Social Emotional Learning into the Home.”

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DECEMBER 17, 2017

Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. (I’ll Pearson filed a patent for badges. I’ll look in more detail at how robots are coming for your children in the next article in this series.). Sony’s in the business.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Inside Higher Ed covers Billy Willson’s viral “I’m quitting school” rant on Facebook, in which he claimed he was leaving Kansas State University with a 4.0 ” Via Ars Technica : “ Facebook already has a Muslim registry – and it should be deleted.” DE is distance education.

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JUNE 22, 2018

From the Department of Education press release : “ Federal Commission on School Safety Meeting to Focus on the Effects of Entertainment , Media , Cyberbullying and Social Media on Violence and Student Safety.” Via Edsurge : “ Facebook Expands Digital Training Initiative with College Partnerships in Chicago.”

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “ Trump education nominee pleads ignorance about high-profile voucher studies showing negative results.” ” “Professors from around the world say they won’t advise students to study or work at Rochester in light of institution’s alleged attempts to downplay serious harassment case.

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MARCH 9, 2018

” Via The Chicago Tribune : “Pearson Family Members Foundation sues University of Chicago , aiming to revoke $100M gift.” Via The Guardian : “ Facebook asks users: should we allow men to ask children for sexual images ?” ” Immigration and Education. as children, known as Dreamers. .”

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

” “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. Via CNBC : “ Pearson ’s marketing chief on the company’s virtual tutors and digital education transformation.”

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JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Via The Texas Tribune : “ Texas State Board of Education rejects Mexican-American studies textbook.” Related, from the Social Media Collective : “Spike in Online Gig Work : Flash in the Pan or Future of Employment?” Data-mining a Facebook group. ” The book was racist. Education in the Courts.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. But it’s also time to recognize that some companies – Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook among them – aren’t primarily in the computing business anyway. And then there’s Facebook.

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