Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. AltSchool (private school; learning management system) – $40 million. AltSchool (private school; learning management system) – $172.9 D2L (learning management system) – $165 million. Learning management systems , with ~ $65 million in funding.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That's what a decade of ed-tech social media and PR have wrought: hashtag gurus and fake news. PowerSchool acquired the K-12 LMS Schoology. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy. The University of Alaska system braced for campus closures and layoffs after its operating budget was slashed by 41%.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

” Via NPR : “Preschools In Ghana ’s Capital Challenge Call-And-Response System.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” News from Egypt in University World News : “ Mandatory electronic marking system draws mixed response.” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

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