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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics. Tagged on: March 8, 2017 Benchmarking U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Virginia circuit court on Thursday ruled against a George Mason University student group seeking access to donor agreements between a university foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation.” Strada Education Innovation Fund, Partners Group Impact and Twilio.org Impact Fund.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. No doubt, some of these videos helped highlight the violence that students — particularly students of color — face at the hands of disciplinarians. Students who completed courses were more likely to complete courses.) Course Signals.

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Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. Elsewhere in for-profit higher ed: “ Veterans Groups Seek a Crackdown on Deceptive Colleges,” The New York Times reports.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The chain in question: Celerity Educational Group. Via The New York Times : “ Canada Beckons International Students With a Path to Citizenship.” Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” ” Education in the Courts.