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What Gives the Edtech Industry Hope — and Pause — Under a Biden Administration

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Grey is among the 87 education executives who signed an “ EdTech for Biden ” blog post published in October. We’ve seen the greatest uptick in usage of edtech tools that we’ve ever seen,” says Oliver of the Robin Hood Foundation, a New York City-based philanthropy. If we cannot pass a law like the one in the U.K.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition). Tech devices won't fix our education system | Lockport Union Sun & Journal → Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently issued a plea for greater student access to high-tech tools. "This Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

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But computing power, device adoption, pervasive broadband and exponentially networked collaboration platforms of the past decade have already moved us to a world of information abundance. From 2008 to 2019 we have witnessed a 4,000-plus percent expansion in the number of funded edtech startups, and the best startups can become unicorns.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” In other financial aid news – via Buzzfeed’s Molly Hensley-Clancy : “Hackers Had Access To Tax Data For Up To 100,000 FAFSA Users.” ” Via Edsurge : “What Federal Education Budget Cuts Mean for Edtech.” .” Via The Atlantic : “The FAFSA ’s Midterm Grade.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” The lawsuit contends that the publisher is “ predatory ” because it charges scholars to have their work published in open-access journals. More on Coursera and certification in the certification section below.).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports. monthly subsidies toward cellular phone service or mobile broadband. The for-profit Charlotte School of Law says it might get its access to federal financial aid restored. These 11 Cases Show How.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Politico : “The Trump administration has removed documents from an Education Department website aimed at transgender students , including those intended to help students fight for access to bathrooms of their choice.” Via Edsurge : “ Office of Edtech Wants Help Making Sense of All Those Higher Ed Providers.”