The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

– China’s state-controlled news broadcasters have long been considered somewhat robotic in their daily recitation of pro-government propaganda, and a pair of new presenters will do little to dispel that view. We are now living in a world in which robots do many of the jobs we once thought the preserve of humans.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. Major employers are embracing libraries of video and MOOC courses, tuition-assistance programs for online courses, and bootcamps focused on tech skills (which have themselves moved online).

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

There’s more local Chalkbeat reporting on the recent charter school strike in Chicago down in the “labor and management” section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training (and Educational Benefits for Employees). ” That approach: Reggio Emilia.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” “Three months after the former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexual assault, he was released on Friday,” NPR reports. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Inside Higher Ed : “Humans, the Latest MOOC Feature.”

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AUGUST 17, 2018

Wants to Hold Colleges Accountable by Reporting Graduates’ Earnings. Via Chalkbeat : “Carranza aims to speed up anti-bias training for educators , calling it a ‘cornerstone’ of school improvement.” billion over next decade,” Inside Higher Ed reports. The Business of Job Training.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” More on the report from Pacific Standard. ” “ Turkey has reacted angrily to suggestions that it might tone down its attack on Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi if the United States agrees to extradite an opponent of President Erdogan,” The Times reports. on Coursera.”

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MAY 25, 2018

Via Politico : “ DeVos : Schools should decide whether to report undocumented kids.” “The Department of Education on Wednesday announced the process by which borrowers who had made ineligible payments for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program could be reconsidered for the benefit,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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APRIL 13, 2018

Via Chalkbeat’s Colorado news desk : “$35 million for school safety will go toward training, but not hiring, of school resource officers.” “Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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DECEMBER 22, 2017

Via NPR : “Grand Jury Report On Penn State Hazing Finds ‘Indignities And Depravities’ ” The Business (and Politics) of Student Loans. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). A call to rebrand MOOCs , from Edsurge. ” The Business of Job Training. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via NPR : “Training For The Olympics Is Hard Enough. Weapons training and metal detectors are ed-tech. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Edsurge reports that Weld North Education will still be run by former Kaplan exec Jonathan Grayer.

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MAY 18, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Career Training Groups Encouraged by Trump Pick for CTE Job.” Students in Oregon Were Bullied and Forced to Read Bible, Report Says.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” The Business of Job Training. ” More via Edsurge.

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APRIL 14, 2017

. “Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. This Bootcamp Will Train Sales Chops (and Even Pay For It).” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“ Tax bill reflects rift between many Republicans and higher education,” The Washington Post reports. Restores Pell Eligibility to Nearly 300,000 Students,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” The University of Iceland has joined edX.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

“The Trump Administration Has Revoked A Federal Directive On Campus Rape ,” Buzzfeed reports. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “Peter Thiel May Finally Get His Flying Cars, Thanks to a New Udacity Nanodegree in 2018.” (National) Education Politics. Percent Return.”

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JUNE 1, 2018

The Hechinger Report on personalized learning : “The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Research, “Research,” and Reports.

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JUNE 9, 2017

“Asked About Discrimination , Betsy DeVos Said This 14 Times,” NPR reports : “Schools that receive federal funds must follow federal law.” said Thursday that he is still part of a higher education initiative for President Donald Trump,” Politico reports. Department of Education.”

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AUGUST 11, 2017

“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” The Business of Job Training.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Government Accountability Office said in a report Wednesday.” ” “Former Lake Michigan College President Jennifer Spielvogel is suing LMC and its Board of Trustees for alleged wrongful termination,” The Herald-Palladium reports. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). .”

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JULY 20, 2018

.” There’s more news from the White House in the job training section below. “The FCC Is Threatening to Gut a Program That Provides Internet Access to Minorities,” Pacific Standard reports. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training. ” Testing.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

.” Note the significant difference in language in this headline from The Verge , for example – “ Harvard’s Root robot teaches kids how to code ” – and the way in which Seymour would describe the LOGO Turtle – that students would using programming to teach the robot. Only “1.86

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JANUARY 26, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “A Product at Every Price: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2017.” ” There’s more MOOC news in the certification section below. I’m also putting some MOOC news in the job training section.

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MARCH 30, 2017

“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. And once you’ve trained those algorithms, you can apply them everywhere. “Robots are coming for your job.” “Robots are coming for your job.”

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

” “The White House on Monday announced that it would nominate Mitchell “Mick” Zais as deputy secretary of education ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. In the future, you might want to look for most MOOC-related news in the “business of job training” section below. 2 Post at Ed.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ MOOCs May Still Be Reshaping Higher Education, Just Not In the Way That Was Initially Predicted.” There’s more MOOC news in the contests and competition section below. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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JUNE 16, 2018

” (Related: “Theranos investor Tim Draper blames the company’s downfall on an investigative journalist,” Business Insider reports.). ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. ” Testing. .”

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ NSF starts requiring that institutions report findings of harassment and suspensions in its funded labs and field sites, and reminds institutions that it can pull funding where necessary.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” MOOCs. “Learning Creative Learning: It’s not a MOOC , it’s a community,” says the MIT Media Lab. “A Proposal to Put the ‘M’ Back in MOOCs ” – an op-ed by Class Central ’s Dhawal Shah in Edsurge.

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JUNE 23, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. Via The LA School Report : “ LAUSD approves $7.5 .” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Dept.

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APRIL 6, 2018

” Via The Washington Post : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos asked whether leakers could be prosecuted , internal report shows.” Via Republic Report : “Grassley Attacks ACICS -Approved For-Profit Colleges As ‘ Visa Mills ’ ” That’s Senator Chuck Grassley. The Business of Job Training.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Chalkbeat reports that “ Success Academy illegally changes special education services without parent input, complaint claims.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. .”

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Here are some reports from her travels: Via Chalkbeat : “What is Betsy DeVos ’s ‘rethink school’ initiative all about? ” Via the AP : “School at Cook County Jail reported phony attendance numbers.” ” “ Birmingham-Southern Cuts Tuition in Half,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Via The Hechinger Report : “Panicked universities in search of students are adding thousands of new majors.” ” Via The AP : “Man at New Mexico Compound Accused of Training Kids for School Attacks.” The Business of Job Training.

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MAY 5, 2017

” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Brown University joins edX. “ Y Combinator MOOC for Tech Startups Attracts Thousands of Views,” says Campus Technology.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

” asks The Hechinger Report , with the hellish-scenario game we get to play for the next four years. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “In a report released on Wednesday, the U.S. Via The Center for Investigative Reporting : “ McCain assails Pentagon for being too harsh on for-profit college.”

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AUGUST 4, 2018

billion over 10 years, according to an Education Department cost analysis, Politico reported this week.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The Business of Job Training. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Research, “Research,” and Reports. More via AJC.

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AUGUST 24, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “Secret CPS report spotlights big vacancies, lopsided options for students.” Via The Hechinger Report : “For students teetering on the edge financially, micro-grants help them finish college.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep hyping that MOOC thing.

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MAY 4, 2018

Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). So much MOOC news! (Or “ MOOCs Are Global. Steve Kolowich is such a great reporter. The Business of Job Training.

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