How to Hire a Great Data Scientist — from toptal.com; with thanks to Kathlyn Tantuan for this resource. Excerpt: What makes a great data scientist? […]

Making (low-stakes) practice tests more effective — from edutopia.org Practice tests not only help surface gaps in knowledge—they also strengthen memory.    

From DSC: This type of thing will be constantly running on a next-generation learning platform — i.e., scanning open job descriptions and presenting the top/”hottest” […]

From DSC: My brother-in-law sent me the link to the video below. It’s a very solid interview about racism and what some solutions are to […]

Student debt is over $1.6 trillion and hardly anyone is paying down their loans — from cnbc.comby Jeff Cox; with a shout out to Ryan […]

The Future of Education Technology (FETC) Conference…What did we learn this year? — from teachercast.net by Jeffrey Bradbury “I couldn’t believe how many sessions this […]

Soros urges world leaders to back his $1-billion Global Education Network — from chronicle.com by Dan Parks Excerpt: George Soros urged world leaders on Thursday […]

From DSC: Very disturbing that citizens had no say in this. Legislators, senators, representatives, lawyers, law schools, politicians, engineers, programmers, professors, teachers, and more…please reflect […]

From DSC: I’ll say it again, just because we can, doesn’t mean we should. From the article below…we can see another unintended consequence is developing […]

DC: Precursor to a next gen learning platform…? I think it's one of the pieces of the puzzle that's coming together. Google just revealed that […]

The cost of college increased by more than 25% in the last 10 years—here’s why — from cnbc.com by Abigail Hess Excerpt: During the 1978 […]

Indian police are using facial recognition to identify protesters in Delhi — from fastcompany.com by Kristin Toussaint Excerpt: At Modi’s rally on December 22, Delhi police […]