Digital Directions: February 16, 2017: February 16, 2017

Smart strategies for ed-tech leaders, February 16, 2017. View as web page.

Ed-Tech Skeptic Larry Cuban Finds New Perspective

After three decades of writing about the classroom limitations of technology, the Stanford professor offers his observations on promising digital strategies in the classroom. Read more.

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Betsy DeVos Used Cherry-Picked Graduation Rates for Cyber Charters

In responding to questions from the U.S. Senate during her nomination process, the secretary of education cited those figures to argue that full-time online charter schools are a valuable option for families. Read more.

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Under New Leadership, FCC Quashes Report on E-rate Program's Success

The FCC rescinded a report showing its own program has helped spur falling bandwidth prices and new access to high-speed broadband for schools and libraries. Read more.

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Phishing Scam Targets School Employees' Information

The IRS is warning school districts to watch out for official-looking emails that ask for copies of employees' W-2 forms. Read more.

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New Autopsy of inBloom Re-ignites Old Debates About Sharing Student Data

Three years after inBloom's demise, the ed-tech sector is still struggling to make sense of what went wrong - and how to address persistent data-sharing challenges. Read more.

(Digital Education)

AltSchool Joins Tech Companies Filing Brief Against Trump Immigration Order

Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft are among 97 leading technology companies to contest the legality of President Trump's executive order limiting immigration. Read more.

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K-12 Dealmaking: CodeMonkey Raises $1.5 Million; Tenka Labs Pulls In $2.1 Million
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