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Will today's philanthropists out-innovate Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Stanford?
Why Aren’t Today’s Billionaires Investing in Higher Ed Innovation? Dan Pianko, edSurge
The skeptics suggest, maybe you don’t need a college degree.
Bill Gates, College Dropout: Don’t Be Like Me, David Leonhardt, New York Times
What ails US education is definitely not a lack of computers.
Why Technology Alone Won't Fix Schools, Kentaro Toyama, The Atlantic
2014: US schools bought $8.38 billion in software, digital content, training, assessments.
Schools Struggle to Find the Best Ed Tech Products, Meghan Murphy, Hechinger Report
EdReports.org issued its first analysis of Common Core classroom materials.
New ‘Consumer Reports’ for Common Core Finds Materials Lacking, L. Layton, WP
Report (funded by Gates Foundation) attempts to tease out which practices get results.
Who's Tying Money to College Performance, and How? Madeline Will, The Chronicle
The activity of investors doesn't necessarily reflect their influence in dictating the direction of education or ed-tech.
Who's Investing in Ed-Tech? (2015), Audrey Watters, Hack Education
Gates is the leading billionaire/millionaire who has poured money into school “reform."
Who Got the Biggest Gates Foundation Edu Grants for 2014, Valerie Strauss, WP
So why did it collapse?
inBloom's Collapse Offers Lessons For Innovation In Education, Michael Horn, Forbes
Code.org wants to expand the Hour of Code to reach 100 million students.
Zuckerberg, Doerr Donate $1M To Expand Hour Of Code, Kyle Russell, TechCrunch
Renewal of a key contract in Texas will be a stern test for the education giant.
Pearson’s Dominance of Textbook Market is Under Examination, K. Rushton, Telegraph
Jim Shelton, Deputy Secretary at the US Dept of Ed, will resign by year's end.
No. 2 U.S. Education Official Heads for Exit, Lyndsey Layton, Washington Post
The NYC startup is experiencing about 20,000 user registrations a day.
Newsela Raises $4.1 Million to Help Students Master Reading, Lora Kolodny, WSJ
“It was very clarifying for me. I thought, God, everybody should watch this thing!”
So Bill Gates Has This Idea for a History Class, A. R. Sorkin, New York Times
Common Core has tapped into a vein of outrage on the left as well as the right.
Inside the Mammoth Backlash to Common Core, Tim Murphy, Mother Jones
Panorama assesses how teachers are doing with scientifically valid student questionnaires.
Grading Teachers, With Data From Class, Farhad Manjoo, New York Times
3 trends will improve the average quality of instruction in US schools within 5 years.
Six Tools for Teachers, Bill Gates, GatesNotes
Today's ed reformers believe schools are broken & that business can supply the remedy.
Teaching Is Not a Business, David Kirp, New York Times
College business officers must hold themselves accountable, or someone else will.
A More Nuanced Bill Gates, Doug Lederman & Ry Rivard, Inside Higher Education
Private sector invests $4B/yr to improve public education. Why isn't it paying off?
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen US Schools, Julia Hanna, Harvard Business School
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Why Aren’t Billionaires Investing in Higher Ed Innovation?
Will today's philanthropists out-innovate Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Stanford?
Why Aren’t Today’s Billionaires Investing in Higher Ed Innovation? Dan Pianko, edSurge
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