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The Stories We Were Told about Education Technology (2019)

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Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. Pearson sold its US K-12 curriculum business for $250 million. PowerSchool acquired the K-12 LMS Schoology.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via TPM : “No Test Left Behind – How Pearson Made a Killing on the US Testing Craze.” ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via DML Central : “Google Report Reveals State of K–12 Computer Science Education.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The New York Times : “ Google , in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans ” – so enjoy that Google Certification, educators. Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec.