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Weekly Ed-Tech News Roundup: Potatoes, Chromebooks, Jetpacks, & More

Politics and Policies
This week marks the 32nd anniversary of the signing of the Department of Education Organization Act, the law signed by President Jimmy Carter that created the Department of Education. GOOD’s Liz Dwyer has a great post asking a question that’s on a lot of people’s minds: do we still need a Department of Education?

Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Failure of Education Technology

As the memories and tributes to Steve Jobs continue to pour in, many have noted that the company he co-founded has always been committed to “the education market.” Indeed any history of the last 35 or so years of education technology would be incomplete without a look at Apple’s and Jobs’ contributions.

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