Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

She co-founded the institute in 2007 and served as its executive director through 2013. That entailed working with organizations as varied as Audi, Jewish day schools and Pearson on projects that ranged from running professional development and team-building workshops, to piloting Nintendo Labo in the classroom.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

2U 2008 2014 $665M (IPO) Archipelago Learning 2000 2012 $302M (acquired by PLATO Learning) Chegg 2005 2013 $830M (IPO) Connections Education 2001 2011 $400M (acquired by Pearson) HigherOne 2000 2012 $260M (acquired by Blackboard) Instructure 2008 2014 $487M (IPO) K12.com

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Before "going rogue" in 2007, Kate was the Staff Training Coordinator for The Seattle Public Library. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

12:00 - 1:00 pm US-PDT ( click for your own time zone ) OPENING KEYNOTE: Jim Lynch and Kate Laughlin (co-moderators), with Jennifer Pearson, Melanie S. Before "going rogue" in 2007, Kate was the Staff Training Coordinator for The Seattle Public Library. Toledo, and Dianne Connery.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

12:00 - 1:00 pm US-PDT ( click for your own time zone ) OPENING KEYNOTE: Jim Lynch and Kate Laughlin (co-moderators), with Jennifer Pearson, Melanie S. Before "going rogue" in 2007, Kate was the Staff Training Coordinator for The Seattle Public Library. Toledo, and Dianne Connery.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

Before "going rogue" in 2007, Kate was the Staff Training Coordinator for The Seattle Public Library. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 24, 2017

We think platforms like Pearson’s MyLab and Cengage’s MindTap are the enemy. You can argue that it might have made a difference in 2007, but it won’t in 2017.). Much of the OER movement has a bad attitude about platforms. No 5Rs and no open pedagogy. ”

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

The State appropriations per full-time student have fallen from an inflation-adjusted $8,489 in 2007 to $7,642 in 2017. Similarly, Pearson has made some of its textbooks available for rent through Chegg. On the other hand, per-student tuition revenue has increased by 96%. but they do get to save money through this model.

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Technology eBook Classroom OER 80

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Merrifield also co-founded Club Penguin, a social site for kids, which sold to Disney for $350 million in 2007. FreshGrade was co-founded in 2011 by Lane Merrifield and Steve Wandler. Wandler founded YourTechOnline.com, which was acquired by SupportSoft, Inc. Speakaboos Raises $12.5 Nearpod Raises $9.2

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

With a 25+ career in education, Arati has used her curriculum design skills to create unique learning experiences in education and nonprofit sectors at Pearson, EdSurge and Silicon Valley Education Foundation. Arati Nagaraj is an education consultant, edtech advisor and school board trustee in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Insight Education Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

According to the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, "between the 2007-08 and 2015-16 academic years, there was a 23 percent decline in the number of people completing teacher-preparation programs." & Pearson, R. Universities are also seeing drops in their enrollment in their schools of education. Ascione, L.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2017

You can argue that it might have made a difference in 2007, but it won’t in 2017.).if If the OER community doesn’t recognize that and start providing and promoting viable alternatives to publishers’ platforms, the best possible future for OER is being locked down inside a Pearson MyLab playing second fiddle to proprietary content.

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Reading By Example

AUGUST 6, 2015

Pearson, 2007). This question is actually reframed from a line in Richard Allington’s and Patricia Cunningham’s resource Schools That Work: Where All Children Learn to Read and Write, 3rd Ed. I was looking through this text as I prepared a site license of my book for another school.

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Pearson Assessment Outcomes Study 28

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

“Even if they love Pearson [textbooks], some faculty, when they saw some of the Cengage options, said, ‘This is pretty comparable, that’s fine,’” said Bernard Polnariev, assistant vice president for academic affairs at Union County College. “If If they felt that Cengage is not as strong and Pearson is better, they kept with the Pearson.”

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Pearson OER Course Accessibility 106

MindShift

JULY 27, 2015

Watching TV for three hours each day may be detrimental to kids, but spending unstructured time playing with friends or family is associated with positive outcomes (Barnes, Hoffman,Welte, Farrell, & Dintcheff, 2007; Larson, 2001). Unfortunately, time for free play within school hours has also declined.

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Social Media Outcomes Report Study 28

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 24, 2023

American Secondary Education, 41(3), 21–33. link] Jones, V., & Jones, L. Comprehensive Classroom Management: Creating Communities of Support and Solving Problems (11th ed.). Marzano, R. Marzano, J. S., & Pickering, D. Classroom management that works: Research-based strategies for every teacher. Behavioral Disorders , 35(3), 188–199.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 16, 2022

Chris Mercogliano Co-Director, Albany Free School Chris Mercogliano was a teacher at the Albany Free School for thirty-five years and stepped down as director in June 2007 to concentrate on writing and speaking about non-controlling education and child-rearing. He is also a co-founder of the A.S.Neill Summerhill CIC.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

“​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. South previously worked at the US Department of Education and K12 Inc. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ’s CTO, Brian Pinkerton , is leaving the company. The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

And then there’s the advice from Pearson. According to the latest jobs report , unemployment in the US is at 4.6%, the lowest since 2007. ’” asked a venture capitalist in an op-ed published by Pearson. “Which major is the best?” ” the education giant asked in June.

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

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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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

.” DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince , is the founder of the private military company Blackwater , infamous for its human rights violations, including the murder of 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007 by its employees. Michael Barber will leave Pearson some time next year, according to EdWeek. Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2017

” The photo was taken as part of a 2007 profile in Fortune magazine. And then I’m happy to answer any questions you might have about the current state of ed-tech – products or propaganda. This is the “PayPal Mafia.” The Princeton Review? The Gates Foundation?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2021

One book published by media company Pearson Education, which was out of print by 2007 but still in circulation in some schools as of a few years ago , suggested that many enslaved people “may not have even been terribly unhappy with their lot, for they knew no other.”.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Betsy DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince, is the founder of the private military company Blackwater, infamous for its human rights violations, including the murder of 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007 by its employees. And Silicon Valley tech investors, as well as large education corporations like Pearson, are behind this.

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