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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Or the company will have to start charging for the software. In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” 3D Printing.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. billion it agreed to pay Apple/Pearson for iPads, but what do I know). ” Grit ™ – a blog post about a trademarked grit product by Pearson , of course.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The publisher in question: Pearson. In other Pearson news, via The Digital Reader : “ Pearson Shares Slump Following Poor Earnings Report.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “New report finds big-time college football players at wealthiest programs graduate at rates lower than their nonathlete male peers.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” More on the policy change via IHE. ” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals.

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The Politics of Education Technology

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It treats “ed-tech” as the result of markets and industry and “innovation,” and not as the result of policy or history. Marc Andreessen famously said that “software is eating the world,” but it’s far more accurate to say that the neoliberal values of software tycoons are eating the world.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. ” That’s Joel Rose ’s School of One software. ” Chalkbeat on vouchers in Indiana : “Choice for most: In nation’s largest voucher program, $16 million went to schools with anti-LGBT policies.”

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Most educators and students are not technology professionals and prefer classroom solutions that are simple to use and easily work with the various programs, software and other hardware which educators have grown accustomed to.

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