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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms. Common Core State Standards. I haven’t put the Common Core State Standards on this list because I think the content of the standards was bad.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Washington Post : “ School offers ‘incentives’ to get kids to take Common Core standardized test.” ” Via The Financial Times : “ Coursera chief on the future of online learning and the Trump era.” Robots hate the Common Core. to 2020, to Reach $1.83