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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Speaking of ed-tech exacerbating inequality, Edsurge looks at PowerMyLearning ’s plans to give parents homework – “family playlists” – to do alongside their children. ( ” The company is called TechReady.io , and it scans your computer to make sure it meets all the requirements for an LMS and so on.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill on layoffs at the LMS Schoology. PowerMyLearning has received $6.5 .” Via The New York Times : “ Facebook ’s Virtual Reality Business Gets a New Leader.” ” That’d be Hugo Barra , a former Google exec. The Business of Job Training and Job Placement. million total.