Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” How Philanthropy Shapes “Ed-Tech Trends” It’s hard to overstate how much influence philanthropic organizations have had on education policy, now and throughout US history. Philanthropy today shapes policy. No contemporary billionaire has shaped the policy and the discourse in education quite like Bill Gates.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Because it is from their mouths that these lies form the basis for policies and expenditures that have proven to be deeply damaging to education -- public education in particular. PowerSchool acquired the K-12 LMS Schoology. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy. Udacity got a new CEO. LOL LOL LOL.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

The US Department of Education announced it was launching “a pilot to test rigorously the effectiveness of more flexible loan counseling policies on federal student loan borrowers.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Remember when the World Economic Forum was super-into MOOCs?

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology. Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “Most Ed-Tech Products Don’t Meet Minimum Criteria in Their Privacy Policies , Report Finds.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Office led by President Trump’s son-in-law holds a series of meetings on higher education policy, signaling high-level attention from the administration.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Education Dept.

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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.” ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill on layoffs at the LMS Schoology.

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