Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

It’s a bit tricky to do some weeks – because some weeks I’m traveling and some weeks a major event happens in the middle of the week making some of the “before” reporting seem a little odd. Casey Parks is such a great journalist and I am thrilled she is working for The Hechinger Report. But will he listen?”

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JUNE 29, 2018

The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. Meanwhile on Campus… Excellent reporting from The Oregonian’s Bethany Barnes : “Targeted: A Family and the Quest to Stop the Next School Shooter.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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JULY 6, 2018

Via The Chicago Sun Times : “1 in 4 Chicago schools fails in new inspections spurred by dirty schools reports.” “ Grand Canyon Succeeds in Second Nonprofit Bid,” reports Inside Higher Ed. ” That’s Kaplan , in case you can’t keep all these for-profit disasters straight. .”

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APRIL 28, 2017

.” In other Department of Education bureaucratic nightmares, “Dozens of Colleges’ Upward Bound Applications Are Denied for Failing to Dot Every I,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Testing, Testing… “Nation’s Report Card Finds Mixed Grades For U.S. ” Immigration and Education.

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MAY 19, 2017

Via The Washington Post : “ Betsy DeVos was asked to address education reporters at their annual convention. ” Via The Washington Post : “Secret report shows ‘special’ treatment for public officials in D.C. Via Edsurge : “Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1.”

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JULY 14, 2017

Via Broadly : “ Betsy DeVos to Meet with Men’s Rights Groups , Reports Say.” On the US House of Representatives’ proposed budget : “$2 Billion for Teacher Training, Salaries Eliminated in House Budget Plan,” Education Week reports. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. and from Hacker News.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “ Betsy DeVos Visits Bay Area Public School for a Lesson in Personalized Learning.” Via The Washington Post : “A hiccup in Purdue ’s acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University.” The Economic Times of India reports that “Udacity to focus on individual student projects.”

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

“What Decades Of Covering School Shootings Has Taught Me” by NPR’s longtime education reporter, Claudio Sanchez. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents.” Research, “Research,” and Reports. School Shooting.

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MARCH 9, 2018

” “The Trump administration just failed to stop a climate lawsuit brought by 21 kids,” The Chicago Tribune reports. ” 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.

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