Hack Education

Hack Education turns 8 years old today. I’d registered the domain a few days earlier back in 2010, but on this day, I wrote my first article here. I think my boyfriend rolled his eyes. "Good luck," he said. (Funny, 8 years later, he is still my boyfriend.) For the...

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (National) Education Politics Via The Atlantic: “The GOP’s Public-Education Dilemma.” Via Politico: “Trump issues orders...

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (National) Education Politics “Arne Duncan Is Serious: Americans Should Boycott School,” writes The Atlantic’s Adam...

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (National) Education Politics Via Forbes: “The Startup President: How France’s Macron Nearly Built An EdTech...

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (National) Education Politics First Lady Melania Trump launched her “Be Best” campaign this week, encouraging...

This is the transcript of the talk I gave this afternoon at a CUNY event on "The Labor of Open" Thank you very much for inviting me here to speak to you. I’m quite honored to get to kick off your event here, and I hope I can say some...

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (National) Education Politics Via Politico: “National Teacher of the Year Mandy Manning delivered dozens of...

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (National) Education Politics Via Chalkbeat: “Robotics is bringing Betsy DeVos to Detroit for the first...

This is the transcript of the talk I gave this evening at the CUNY Graduate Center Thank you very much for inviting me to speak to you. We’re nearing the end of the semester, I think, and so we’re all exhausted. (Or I should speak for myself: I’m exhausted.) For...

Yes, I went to ASU+GSV – my first time at the event in the event’s nine year history. It was everything y’all said it would be. Truly. I was there on a reporting trip, as part of the research I’m doing as a Spencer Fellow. I’m also working on a...