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Eric Holcomb says Indiana ’s low-rated online charter schools need ‘immediate attention and action’ ” Via Motherboard : “Half of West Virginia has Applied for Broadband Assistance.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Education in the Courts. “Huh?”
” (No mention of the FAFSA tool, which is a good reminder than when Edsurge writes about ed-tech they really only mean what corporations can sell to schools.). Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “New Law Nixing Broadband Privacy Protections Stirs K–12 Fears.” Remember MOOCs? Congrats, FLOTUS.).
Via Motherboard : “The FCC ’s New Broadband Map Paints an Irresponsibly Inaccurate Picture of American Broadband.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). MOOC news is now much more often “job training” news, so there’s more on MOOCs in that section below.
“ FCC Delays Are Keeping Broadband From Rural School Kids,” says Wired. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). She’s Building Tools to Boost Student Character.” Muñiz as the Education Department’s General Counsel. Here’s the official statement from Betsy DeVos.
Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” MOOCs are out. Illuminate Education has acquired visualization tool eduCLIMBER. ” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ 40 Most Popular Ed-Tech Tools in K–12 Identified in New Analysis.”
.” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. ” More on this scramble to serve (profit from) low-income broadband customers in the upgrades/downgrades section below.
” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Big HR news about Coursera in the HR section below. Here’s the headline from Inside Higher Ed : “For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT ?” ” But if you look closer, it’s not a MOOC; it’s just an online class at MIT.
” Via Ars Technica : “Senate Democrats fight FCC plan to lower America’s broadband standards.” million to cover federal funds that went to the botched statewide school broadband contract.” ” Via Education Week : “New Tool Alerts Teachers When Students Give Up on Tests.”
Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Inside Higher Ed on online education at Simmons College. More on MOOC and online education research in the research section below. ” More via The New York Times. ” asks NPR.
Via Wired : “ Ajit Pai ’s Plan Will Take Broadband Away From Poor People.” ” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Just you wait… Inside Higher Ed profiles ClassPulse , a(nother) classroom feedback tool. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Of course.
Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Post and Courier : “ South Carolina ’s online charter schools: A $350 million investment with disappointing returns.”
Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). The collaborative writing tool has raised $6.5 .” The Department of Education’s press release has more. More funding for coding schools in the venture capital section below.
” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). And I’m not sure if Udacity now better fits here in this for-profit higher ed section, but there’s news about it in the MOOC section above. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Jurors Deadlock in Case of Shooting by U. of Cincinnati Police Officer.”
” Via The Washington Post : “ Education Department relaxes financial aid process in the absence of IRS tool.” ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” ” (In Cleveland.). a month.). . ” asks Donald Clark.
” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. ” More on an online class, offered by Russian hackers, on credit card fraud in the MOOC section above. These 11 Cases Show How.”
From the Department of Education press release : “To protect sensitive taxpayer data, the IRS and FSA announced today the Data Retrieval Tool on fafsa.gov and StudentLoans.gov will be unavailable until extra security protections can be added. ” Via Politico : “After proposing a $9.2
Unveils Free Online Tool for Rapid Evaluation of Edtech Products.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Creative Commons released a “Termination of Transfer Tool” to help manage authors’ copyrights. ” Via Edsurge : “U.S. ” (Is that a good thing?).
Via Edsurge : “Possible ‘Fraud, Theft, Waste, and Abuse’: Report Questions NYC School Broadband Spending.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Slate : “ The New Diploma Mills.” More on DeVos’s ed-tech investments in the research section below.
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