Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

DeVos is the former chair of the American Federation for Children, which advocates for school choice policies, such as tax credit scholarships and vouchers. Via Edsurge : “ Pearson , an Investor in Knewton , Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

” Via Texas Monthly : “Meet the Women Whose Persistence Made Texas A&M Change Its Sexual Assault Policies.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. From Pearson : “ AI-based tutoring : A new kind of personalized learning.” Via Edsurge : “What Robots Can Teach Us About Being Human.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

” Via The Wall Street Journal : “More Schools Are Buying ‘ Active-Shooter ’ Insurance Policies.” The company: RIB Software SE. ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “Employers Eager to Hire Try a New Policy: ‘ No Experience Necessary ’ ” Contests and Awards. .”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Intermediary funders and education-policy groups that depend on their grant dollars — including iNACOL, Excel in Ed, the Learning Accelerator, Big Picture Learning and Jobs for the Future — have, in turn, made personalized learning a priority. apps and software, with some classes much more tech-reliant than others.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2018

Bush administration, as senior policy adviser.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Civil Rights Groups Sue DeVos Over Title IX Policies.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Quartz : “One of the world’s biggest firms is spending $450 million to solve a world problem created by robots.”

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Hack Education

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.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” That’s a school district in Wisconsin , and the learning software in question is the Summit Learning Platform , created by the Summit charter school chain and built by Facebook and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. ” Ben Williamson on Pearson : “Edu-business as usual – market-making in higher education.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. The State Policy Network has a plan to counter union activism with anti-union PR. ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. million total.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2018

First, the role that corporations and philanthropists play in shaping education policy is not new. Pearson, for example, was founded (albeit as a construction company) in 1844 and acquired along the long history various textbook publishing companies which have also been around since the turn of the twentieth century.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” How Philanthropy Shapes “Ed-Tech Trends” It’s hard to overstate how much influence philanthropic organizations have had on education policy, now and throughout US history. Philanthropy today shapes policy. No contemporary billionaire has shaped the policy and the discourse in education quite like Bill Gates.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via The Hindu Business Line : “ Pearson India set to launch K–12 online private school.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Imagine how great universities could be without all those human teachers ,” says Quartz , lauding the fantasy that robots will replace teachers. ” EVERYONE!

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

” Via The 74 : “ Trump Towers Over Education: How His Candidacy Is Already Affecting Federal Policy.” “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Millennials prefer badging and certificates to traditional degrees, according to researchers from UPCEA, Penn State and Pearson.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The inequalities of K–12 education extend into higher ed, exacerbated by high tuition, inadequate financial aid , and admissions policies that privilege white and affluent students. None of this has played out equitably, as the benefits have accrued in management and not by labor. And this problem exists at the college level too.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Also via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Purdue ’s President Says Free-Speech Policy Forces Him to Defend Faculty Critic.” ” The accelerator was founded by former State Secretary for Education Michael Gove ’s policy advisor Jamie Martin. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” asks The Atlantic.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” 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.” “​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. “Privileged Whites.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Via Techcrunch : “ Holberton gets backing from more industry executives as it looks to scale its software engineering school.” the nation’s largest virtual charter school management company , as president of academics, policy, and schools. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” (No.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” ” I’m more interested in hearing about segregation and state laws in Mississippi than the adaptive learning software a school is using. Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” More on the policy change via IHE. ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” “Mixing Automation and a Human Touch, New Software Helps Keep Students ‘ On Task ’,” says Edsurge. “A bipartisan proposal in the U.S.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

And the word “intelligence” is now used – oh so casually – to describe so-called “thinking machines”: algorithms, robots, AI. ” And again, let’s recall Franklin’s definition of technologies includes not just hardware or software, but ideas, practices, models, and systems.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

” Via NorthJersey.com : “ Kean University flouted state law and its own policies in spending $250,000 for a custom Chinese-made conference table, a state investigation has found.” The American Enterprise Institute ’s Andrew Kelly will become UNC ’s Senior Vice President for Strategy and Policy.

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