Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Pearson is Not a Platform. I’m not sure if we can still call Pearson “the world’s largest education company.” That restructuring has involved shedding some of the products and subsidiaries unrelated to education, Pearson executives have said. Pearson does not have a platform.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Investor Fred Wilson on “ Chromebooks in K–12.” Pearson has issued a report on students’ attitudes toward digital course materials. Via Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill : “About That Cengage OER Survey.” Google has also rebranded Google Apps for Education as G Suite for Education.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless.

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MAY 20, 2016

“ Pearson gets emergency test scoring contract from Tennessee ,” Chalkbeat reports. Pearson hearts coding bootcamps. Here’s Edsurge’s “exclusive” on the news that Android apps will soon be able on Chromebooks. “ OpenStax , Knewton introduce adaptive learning into OER.”

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APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. Via Techcrunch : “As Chromebook sales soar in schools, Apple and Microsoft fight back.” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.” .” (“What do we really know about the value of prekindergarten?”

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JANUARY 26, 2017

” “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson have started a new round of lawsuits against textbook sellers,” The Digital Reader reports , this time targeting those who sell through Amazon’s marketplace. Google has released the latest generation of Chromebooks. ” (I admit. I had totally forgotten about Unizin.).

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