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DC Download: Blackboard's New CEO, DC at CES and Hoverboard Bans at Schools



 

CES begins
DC colleges banning hoverboards
  • American University doesn't want any hoverboards blowing up on its campus and has officially banned them from the school, at least for now. AU and GW now both ban the scooters (which don't really hover.
Blackboard gets a new CEO
  • Blackboard has appointed a new CEO to kick off 2016. William Ballhaus has left his job at the top of SRA International to take the reins at the edtech giant.
Warm winters are cold comfort
  • Did you enjoy your warm, snowless holidays? Well, it's not all good news. That heat is sign of some real problems ahead in the short and long-term. I explain why we'll miss our winter wonderland.

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