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Wait. Maybe there IS something to see here after all. As I reported yesterday, Education Achievement Authority Chancellor John Covington attempted to suggest that everything is just fine in his “school district for misfit schools”. He did...

Work I was in Houston for the EDUCAUSE ELI annual meeting1. It was my first time ever attending ELI (or any EDUCAUSE event in person). It’s a really good community, with a nice mix of teaching-types and tech-types. I presented a poster about our model...

 The college textbook industry has no shortage of startups, from ebook company RedShelf to big players like rental service Chegg all the way to Amazon itself. But a SF-based company called Verba, which has flown mostly under the radar since 2008, has...

Startup companies offering knockoff textbooks are attracting students, and lawsuits. Ask Ariel Diaz why he's taking on the college textbook industry and he'll tell you, "Quaternions."

 ENGAGING BOOKS SERIES Stanford University Press Selections On Knowledge Production This is a new series that features books by various publishers on a given theme, along with an excerpt from each volume. The first installment involves a selection...