Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

Three of the country’s largest publishers, Pearson Education, McGraw-Hill Education and Cengage Learning, are suing Follett Corporation, a major textbook distributor, on charges of selling counterfeit textbooks in its stores. Other textbook distributors, including Chegg, Inc.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In 2013, the school district entered a contract with Apple (technology) and Pearson (curriculum programming) to provide students with devices for a blended learning program. Also, because the school system bought the iPads in order to use a new curriculum by Pearson, the large investment ($6.4

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Los Angeles Community College District , the Federal District Court for the Central District of California ruled that Los Angeles Community College failed to provide a blind student with “ meaningful access to his course materials ” via MyMathLab, software developed by Pearson, in a timely manner.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

I’ve followed the guidelines, but when does advocating for the best tools stop and shilling for a product begin?” Five years ago, the New York Times probed Pearson about currying favors to win testing contracts from education officials by paying for overseas trips.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2015

The federal Securities and Exchange Commission recently opened an informal inquiry into whether Los Angeles school officials complied with legal guidelines in the use of bond funds for the now-abandoned $1.3-billion Pearson was a subcontractor to Apple under a contract approved by the Board of Education in June 2013.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 6, 2020

In this candid interview, I chat with Jennifer Pearson, a tech coach who recently evacuated from China due to the Corona Virus. by Jennifer Pearson. A document outlining some basic guidelines for teachers from your school’s administration will clear up any gray areas. Teachers and administrators listen up!

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

These systems involve four primary indicators: proficiency on state tests; English language proficiency; another academic factor that can be broken out by subgroup; and a “wild card” item that each state can choose within certain guidelines. States can also set additional benchmarks.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

She also recommends working with county and state officials to track what’s working in other districts, and she suggested keeping the district’s “external auditor on speed dial” to make sure that any new steps being taken are within the appropriate guidelines and deadlines, which also remain subject to change.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2016

The message revealed that large publisher Pearson Education was monitoring social media sites to find students who may be leaking information about tests administered by the company. These tests were developed by a number of states in conjunction with Pearson and were intended to measure student preparedness after graduation.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

There you're trying to meet the needs of everyone in the classroom and meet guidelines and expectations, and you want to have high test scores. The company I work with, DaDaABC , has partnerships with McGraw-Hill , Pearson , National Geographic , Oxford Reading Tree. And to be honest, teaching online is more fun.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 9, 2018

The framework provides an objective set of guidelines people and organizations, including companies, can follow in order to be judged “good” OER stewards. Except that it doesn’t. And this is through no fault of the document or its authors. Probably not.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Pearson, for one.) Or one could look at ed-tech companies that laid off staff: the coding bootcamp Galvanize , the analytics company Civitas Learning , the learning management system Schoology , MOOC provider Coursera , the education giant Pearson , for example.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 57

The Principal of Change

JUNE 15, 2015

A lot of reasons things don’t happen in schools is because of dumb policies and guidelines that make “innovation” extremely hard and simply “hoop jumping” One thing that I used to say to my staff all of the time was, “I cannot solve problems that I don’t know about.” Unleash Talent).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Pearson Mudhol, High School Student, Meridian World School, Round Rock, Texas Let’s be candid: the education headlines from 2023 were bleak. More and more schools will recognize the importance of AI literacy and establish policies and guidelines for how students can and should use generative AI in their work.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 24, 2023

Classroom Management Problems and Solutions: A few basic guidelines for classroom management can improve student behavior and reduce stress on the music educator. Student-Centered and Teacher-Centered Classroom Management: A Case Study of Three Elementary Teachers. The Journal of Classroom Interaction, 43(1), 34–47. link] Gordon, D.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Highlights include new reader functionality in Destiny Library Manager, offline access on Chromebooks and support for exporting eBook notes to Google Drive or Microsoft One Drive documents, web accessibility guidelines update to Destiny Discover, QoL updates to the Lexile Reading Program Service and Resource Manager, and more.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

And then there’s the advice from Pearson. ’” asked a venture capitalist in an op-ed published by Pearson. And what does that oft-repeated phrase “ learn to code ” even mean ? “Which major is the best?” ” the education giant asked in June. “Try marketing,” it suggested.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 89

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

Testing, Testing… Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content.” Hey, we could ask Pearson how much money it made off of those taking the GED last year to find out.). The ALA has released library privacy guidelines for students in K–12 schools.

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 53

Hack Education

JULY 6, 2018

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Trump Administration Will Rescind Obama-Era Guidelines on Race-Conscious Admissions.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson today signaled an increased focus on artificial intelligence and personalized learning with the appointment of former Intel executive Milena Marinova.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

“Obama administration guidelines for LGBT student protections under Title IX remain in place, and the student codes at Liberty and Bob Jones Universities appear to violate them,” says Inside Higher Ed. Via The Guardian : “Education publisher Pearson reports biggest loss in its history.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson Expands Textbook Rental Program.” Inside Higher Ed reports that “ Fannie Mae , the largest backer of mortgage credit in the country, has issued new guidelines allowing home owners to refinance their mortgage s to pay off their student loan debt. No neoliberalism anywhere in ed-tech.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Drops Defense of Obama Guidelines on Transgender Students.” Pearson’s Jay Lynch and Nathan Martin argue in Edsurge “Why ‘What Works’ Doesn’t: False Positives in Education Research.” Edsurge also “forecasts the future” of ed-tech and is hopeful.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

The Department of Education has released its newly proposed guidelines for school accountability. ” (That giant: Pearson , of course.). The states: Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , Oklahoma , Tennessee , Texas , Utah , West Virginia , Maine , Wisconsin , and Arizona. More via The New York Times. More via Politico.

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 53

Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

of Maryland Removes ‘Misogynistic’ Guidelines for TAs.” ” Via Edsurge : “What’s Next for Pearson ? ” Via Education Week : “ Pearson Tested ‘Social-Psychological’ Messages in Learning Software, With Mixed Results.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “U.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Texas, which because of its market size plays an influential role in shaping the content of textbooks even beyond its borders, is one of six states that develops its own curriculum standards, while 20 follow the national guidelines and another 24 have adopted modified versions. Learning about climate change outside the classroom.

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

” Republicans are made because the Department of Education issued guidelines about how ESSA should be implemented. ” asks Pearson. Education Politics. “ New Education Law: Bipartisan No More.” Via The Atlantic : “Why the Education Department’s New Equity Rule Might Not Be So Equal.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

IBM partners with Pearson. OpenEd partners with Pearson. ” Edsurge points to new guidelines for education companies participating in Y Combinator ’s startup accelerator program. Via eCampus News : “ Barnes & Noble Education announces advanced OER courseware.”

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