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SXSWedu 2017: Ones to Watch and What to Know

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Transgender Student Rights in K-12 Education : At a critical time for transgender rights in education, a panel of educators and LGBTQ rights advocates will discuss how teachers can “go beyond meeting legal obligations to create a safe and welcoming school environment for all.” Thursday, March 9 K-12 9:30 a.m. Higher Ed 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

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This Year’s ASU+GSV Summit Is Hard to Describe. Here’s Our Best Attempt.

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It’s led by a tandem of familiar faces in the edtech investing scene: Learn Capital partner-and-everyman Michael Staton, and Don Burton, who has built his own portfolio of dozens of startups through his time running the Kaplan EdTech Accelerator and EDGE Edtech Accelerator. A desire to collaborate—and egos to compete.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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More on last week’s Purdue and Kaplan deal: “ Purdue ’s deal for Kaplan U trades a long-term business relationship for low up-front costs while raising worries – especially among faculty groups – about blurred lines between public and private higher ed,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” The NAACP endorses OER. Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. Or something else?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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Via The Washington Post : “A hiccup in Purdue ’s acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University.” ” Via The Journal & Courier : “Purdue disputes claims Kaplan deal leaves taxpayers on hook.” .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. “Why Do the Boy Scouts Want to Include Girls?

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” Via The Conversation : “ Purdue-Kaplan deal blurs lines between for-profit and public colleges.” ” There’s more on the new Kaplan in the accreditation section below. Via Pacific Standard : “ Purdue University Gets the Final Approval on Its Plan to Convert Kaplan Into a Non-Profit College.”