Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. million in venture capital from high profile names like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and from firms active in ed-tech investing such as Learn Capital. Arguably, one of the best candidates is the learning management system.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: March 17, 2017 Problems with Personalized Learning | dy/dan → Dan Meyer says, "This isn’t good instruction.

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ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

While studying food policy as a master’s candidate at NYU, Leanne Browne asked a simple yet critical question: How well can a person eat on the $4 a day federal food stamp program? Gaming stores often have great game nights for trying things out and learning complicated games.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2017

According to Philanthropy magazine in spring 2013, DeVos serves as chairman of the Windquest Group—a privately held, multi-company operating group that invests in technology, manufacturing, and clean energy—which she founded with her husband in 1989. She knows edtech has the power to enhance learning. Here’s What We Know.

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Hack Education

JUNE 21, 2020

The "ed-tech imaginary," as I have argued elsewhere, is often the foundation of policies. Despite all the talk about our being "data-driven," about the rigors of "learning sciences" and the like, much of the ed-tech imaginary is quite fanciful. " The push for everyone to "learn to code."

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” The Fordham Institute’s Michael Petrelli has declared “ The End of Educational Policy.” Via The Atlantic : “Why Young Pakistanis Are Learning Chinese.” ” (So instead of “testing” we’ll have ubiquitous, non-stop surveillance / assessment via “personalized learning.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 14th, 2014 In some cases we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution. The great majority of these events are free to attend.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos ’ “learning curve where higher ed is concerned is quite vertical,” quips UC president Janet Napolitano. ” Via Edsurge : “Here Are the 5 Finalists for the $15M XPRIZE Global Learning Challenge.” ” The startup is called Learning Beautiful.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” ” And it sure isn’t “everyone should learn nursing.” ” Everyone Should Learn to Code. Arguably this focus on CS was the one education policy pursued by Obama that Trump did not try to loudly reverse.)

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via The Indiana Gazette : “Parents and other school district residents reminded the Indiana Area school board on Monday that their dissent of the Summit Learning program hasn’t waned, even though the administration scaled back the program and put it on ‘opt-in’ status for the 2018–19 school year.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

She seemed to fail to grasp some of the basics of education policy – the difference between “ proficiency ” and “ growth ,” for example, and the federal rules surrounding disability rights and education. The New York Times Magazine interviews the new Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

There are more stories about some of DeVos’s other policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. ” “Free College” The Chronicle of Higher Education asks “5 Key Questions About NYU ’s Tuition-Free Policy for Medical School.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

” There’s more about Betsy DeVos and her policies in the courts section and in the financial aid section below. The New York Times Magazine has a long and thoughtful piece by Sara Mosle on school reforms in the Atlanta Public Schools. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Just like their parents, Chicago students will soon have to learn cursive.” ” (Juul is an e-cigarette that markets its product to teens and peddles social emotional learning content.). ” Via Cleveland.com : “National e-school figure to test new approach to online learning here in Ohio.”

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. ” Via The 74 : “ Trump Towers Over Education: How His Candidacy Is Already Affecting Federal Policy.” Priorities.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

DeVos is the former chair of the American Federation for Children, which advocates for school choice policies, such as tax credit scholarships and vouchers. ” That’s the Collegiate Learning Assessment exam (a.k.a. ” asks The New York Times Magazine. But there’s reason to be skeptical about their results.”

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” asks New York Magazine. Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “ Betsy DeVos Visits Bay Area Public School for a Lesson in Personalized Learning.” Also via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Purdue ’s President Says Free-Speech Policy Forces Him to Defend Faculty Critic.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks The Atlantic.

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via NPR : “ Trump ’s International Policies Could Have Lasting Effects On Higher Ed.” More about Trump’s immigration policies in a separate section below. And more about Trump and for-profit higher ed policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

34 Percent Of Graduates Received A Diploma Against District Policy.” ” Via Bitcoin Magazine : “Pilot Project Verifies Academic Credentials on the Bitcoin Blockchain.” “ Hey Alexa, Can You Help Kids Learn More? Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. is a learn-to-code platform.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

“ The growth of online learning : How universities must adjust to the new norm” is sponsored content on Education Dive. Google boasts that “New Google Classroom features make it easier to learn, teach, manage and build” – that is, by adding notifications and metrics. ” “ A.I. million total.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2018

But that’s not the case for Robert Reich, a chancellor's professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley. While he may be best known for his ideas on the economy, public policy and boosting the middle class, Reich is also an expert teacher. This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.

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Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

In addition to the anti-First Amendment supporter Thiel, Jackson also name-dropped her connections to David Horowitz , a long-time advocate for silencing left-learning professors on campus, in order to get her job. Via The New York Times Magazine : “What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn.” Memos from HR.

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

” The Orlando Sentinel on what students are learning in some of Florida’s voucher schools : “Private schools’ curriculum downplays slavery, says humans and dinosaurs lived together.” Via Philadelphia Magazine : “This Quaker Sex Ed Teacher Says Your Kids Need to Be Porn-Literate.”

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

TULSA, Oklahoma — On a fall morning in 2018, veteran technology teacher Abraham Kamara was working with his robotics team at Memorial Junior High School when Tulsa school superintendent Deborah Gist entered the classroom with a TV news crew. Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment with blended learning.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

” Via New York Magazine : “Trump University Told Recruiters to Target Single Parents With Hungry Kids.” Bill Haslam that the time they spend preparing for and taking standardized tests would be better spent doing hands-on learning activities.” ” Via The Atlantic : “The Art of the Swindle.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “Policy-based Privacy is Over,” says Eric Hellman. Some (education policy) history from Sherman Dorn : “The pendulum and the ratchet.” ” Via EdSource : “New program aims to create more uniform standards among linked learning academies.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

But I wanted to consider too why the stories we repeatedly tell about education and education technology were so fanciful – stories about impending disruptions and revolutions and robot teachers and brain zappers and so on. ” Sites of indoctrination , not learning. Why was so much ed-tech “fake news”?

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2017

” And here’s what DeVos said when she spoke to the American Federation for Children’s National Policy Summit. A report from VC firm GSV Acceleration : “It’s a Breakout: Capital Flows In the Learning and Talent Technology Market.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” The Business of Job Training.

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