All posts by Henry Kronk
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Districts Tap Digital Monitoring Services to Guard Against School Shootings
August 12, 2018 Henry Kronk
While tech’s solutions to prevent school shooters are largely untested, expensive, and invasive, they remain wholly less controversial than gun control. A large…
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DeVos Rolls Back Gainful Employment Regulations; The Internet Reacts
August 11, 2018 Henry Kronk
On Friday, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced plans to all but do away with Obama era regulations imposed on for-profit colleges to…
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In-Person, Blended, or Virtual Instruction? A Pennsylvania School Is Letting Students Choose
August 10, 2018 Henry Kronk
The often-politicized idea known as school choice states that parents should be able to send their kids to whatever school is available. That…
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NYU Social Entrepreneurship Program Honors Edtech Startup Smart Sparrow and Others in Algorithm for Change Competition
August 09, 2018 Henry Kronk
This month, a group from the NYU Social Entrepreneurship Program concluded deliberations for their Algorithm for Change competition. With three tiers of prizes…
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Coursera Launches AI Tool to Track and Gauge Employee Talent: Skills Benchmarking
August 08, 2018 Henry Kronk
While digital assessment continues to develop in K-12 and higher education classrooms, it remains difficult and spotty in the professional world. With the…
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UK Education Secretary Damian Hinds Calls for Five Edtech Improvements to British Schools: Analysis
August 07, 2018 Henry Kronk
On Tuesday, Education Secretary Damian Hinds issued a call for edtech development and adoption in UK schools. In an Op-Ed published in the…
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The Google Glass-Based Autism Aid By Brain Power Has Gone to Market
August 07, 2018 Henry Kronk
Last week, a Google Glass-based product that helps students with autism or who require an individualized education plan (IEP) issued a limited product…
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NetDragon Collaborates with Smithsonian, CBS, and Others to Offer Star Trek Online Course
August 06, 2018 Henry Kronk
A Chinese online gaming company, a U.S. museum, a network broadcast station, a professor, and a film critic walk into a bar to…
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Cengage Unlimited Has Arrived
August 04, 2018 Henry Kronk
This week, Cengage brought its long-awaited subscription service to market. Cengage Unlimited is officially open for business, offering learners access to their entire…
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When Personalized Learning Isn’t High-Tech: Some Solutions from the Better Together: California: Teachers Summit 2018
August 03, 2018 Henry Kronk
Discussion around personalized learning typically revolves around the technology being developed to aid teachers in instruction. Tech leaders Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates—through…
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