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Year in Review: Our Top Edtech Business Stories of 2018

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And Pearson is still around. But the edtech industry has hit some bumps along the way, wrestling with collateral concerns from the public spotlight over data privacy and security. So, how does a tool that effectively functions as a messenger for students, parents and educators take the crown?

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The partnership will expand access to webinars, articles, and other resources designed to support teachers on how to best use technology for learning and teaching. SPLUNK AND PEARSON CERTIFICATION EXAM PROGRAM UPDATE ( www.splunk.com ) & ( www.pearsonvue.com ) Pearson VUE has entered into an agreement with Splunk Inc.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. 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.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Pearson is selling its language learning company Wall Street English to Baring Private Equity Asia and CITIC Capital for $300 million (although Pearson will get about $100 million of that as the rest goes to debt relief). ” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” Think tanks. The Chinese Communist Party.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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. “ ACT said Monday that students with disabilities who apply for accommodations on the college entrance exam ‘will soon benefit from a new system that will simplify and speed up the application process,’” Politico reports. ” (That giant: Pearson , of course.). MOOCs for credit !