Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” ” It’s pretty terrible to report on how a “ President Oprah ” would shape education policy and not talk about how she has actively promoted pseudoscience. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” “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. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

And then there were MOOCs , of course, and all those predictions and all those promises about the end of college as we know it: “MOOCs make education borderless, gender-blind, race-blind, class-blind and bank account-blind” and similar fables. Vive la MOOC Révolution. Adam Medros became edX’s president and COO.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” MOOCs are out. ” Via Futurism : “ Global E-Waste Increased by Eight Percent since 2014.” More via Techcrunch.

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Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50