Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It It announced this year it was “ phasing out ” its reliance on Knewton provide those algorithms.).

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

They decided to “personalize” learning for every child, which means that they tailored lessons to each student’s needs, interests and learning pace. And it would not be possible, Trout said, without small-group instruction and the assistance of classroom technology that helps her deliver a custom-fit lesson for each student.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Neither Knewton nor the Clinton campaign have confirmed the veracity of this leaked speech. Education Politics. ” Go, School Sports Team!

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “A bipartisan group of influential U.S. ProPublica looks at the lobbying group the Home School Legal Defense Association : “Small Group Goes to Great Lengths to Block Homeschooling Regulation.” Charter school-backed Nick Melvoin unseated school board president Steve Zimmer. ”). .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. There were several attempts this year to link the history of “personalized learning” to recent education reforms (but not surprisingly, not to Skinner). ” Edsurge asked in June. Poor Rousseau.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“ Apollo Education Group , the parent company of the University of Phoenix and Western International University , announced Thursday that it would eliminate the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in students’ enrollment agreements,” Inside Higher Ed reports. .” The Indian gaming company has raised $1.2

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

But other times, the scenes that were captured were taken out of context or these videos were purposefully weaponized (by conservative groups, for example, who encourage students to film their professors’ lectures and submit their names to “watch lists”). Altius Education. The Hour of Code. This product is a piece of s**t,” one doctor said.

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Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Via Broadly : “ Betsy DeVos to Meet with Men’s Rights Groups , Reports Say.” “Mind-reading robo tutor in the sky” company Knewton has a new CEO , Brian Kibby , formerly with Pearson. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ OpenStax Launches Learning Platform.” ” From the HR Department.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The phrase “PayPal Mafia” is used to describe the group of PayPal founders and employees who’ve gone on to become some of the most powerful players in Silicon Valley, forming additional technology companies and investment firms and becoming millionaires (and in a couple of cases, billionaires) in the process.

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