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From the FCC : “Fact Sheet on Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal.” Pearson has issued a report on students’ attitudes toward digital course materials. Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.” ” Mindset all the things.

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Via Wired : “ Koch Brothers Are Cities’ New Obstacle to Building Broadband.” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein : “ Pearson Open Sources Equella – Properly.” Via Motherboard : “ New York City Passes Bill to Study Biases in Algorithms Used by the City.”

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Edsurge runs with Trump’s promise to boost rural broadband like it’s a truth anyone can count on. ” The publishers in question are Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson. Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Calculator mix-up could force some students to retake ISTEP, and Pearson is partially to blame.”

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The NAACP endorses OER. ” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.” .” (“What do we really know about the value of prekindergarten?”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Chicago Tribune : “Pearson Family Members Foundation sues University of Chicago , aiming to revoke $100M gift.” Edsurge on the business of OER. ” Via CItyLab : “The Problem With America’s New National Broadband Map.” ” Immigration and Education.

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” Via Education Week : “ FCC Revokes Decision Allowing Companies to Provide Low-Income Families With Subsidized Broadband.” “Does Open Pedagogy require OER ?” .” Via The Consumerist : “New Chairman Orders FCC To Abandon Court Defense Of Rule Limiting Prison Phone Rates.” ”).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.” IBM partners with Pearson. OpenEd partners with Pearson. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” And Google is getting into the whiteboard business.