eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

million settlement over curriculum from education software giant Pearson that the school system said its teachers barely used. Unified while Pearson provided curriculum on the devices as a subcontractor. As a result, the settlement was with Apple, even though the dispute concerned the Pearson product.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2019

In September 2015, the private equity firm LLR Partners acquired Bencivenga’s company and merged it with another, Longleaf Solutions, to form IO Education, where Bencivenga served as the chief academic officer. From an edtech standpoint, start your M&A pipeline early on.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

million students who graduated this past spring Also good news is the fact that employers are estimated to hire about 5 percent more graduates from the class of 2016 than 2015. And one of the key ways schools are enhancing their connection with students is through personal technology. This is good news for the 1.9

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Teachers’ union pension funds that invest in Pearson PLC joined with other public sector investors today in petitioning the education giant to “urgently review its business strategy,” citing the company’s “tumbling revenue and plunging stock prices.” Pearson: Too Reliant on Testing?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

But it could prove just as disruptive in the world of education publishing, where technology startups have been steadily taking market share from traditional incumbents. These numbers still trail those from the likes of Pearson, which claimed 8 million subscribers in 2019 for its digital courseware platform. million to 3 million.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

As a principal, I in particular, found success using the Rigor Relevance Framework as a means to integrate technology with purpose in order to improve student-learning outcomes. This framework helped us to really focus on improving instruction first before throwing technology into the mix. Boston, MA: Pearson. & Kotler, P.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

Pearson, with a market cap of $8.5 From that year through 2017, the company invested an estimated $700 million to bolster its education technology offerings, according to The Telegraph. McGraw-Hill Education filed for an IPO in 2015 but withdrew three years later. billion, would still be ahead of the pack. It reported $1.6

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

These descriptions of education technology research may comfort educators and parents looking for ways to mitigate the devastating effects of lost learning time because of the coronavirus. That same school year, Pearson paid for a study of SuccessMaker Reading in kindergarten and first grade. Pearson stands behind its findings.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 12, 2016

There were 418 mergers and acquisitions in the education industry in 2015, up from 329 in 2014, according to research by the investment bank Berkery Noyes. The investment group provides advice and financial consulting to middle market companies in the technology and information space. See chart, below).

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Are any education technologies, for that matter? Andreessen’s definition does begin to get at some of the reasons why platforms have been so appealing to investors – ideologically as much as technologically. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. But first, a definition (or two) might be helpful.

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Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

While it’s hard to know for sure how the schools of the future will look like and function, I think it’s safe to assume education technology will be omnipresent. Education technology already assists teachers create diverse and engaging learning materials and deliver better classes. Well, at least more than it is today.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

This latest deal—the ninth since Gulati joined in 2015—is part of PowerSchool’s ongoing drive to create a one-stop shop where data about a student or teacher can be collected and shared across the different tools they use in their day-to-day lives. Neither Gulati nor Schoology CEO Jeremy Friedman commented on the transaction amount.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

The pace of change, driven predominantly by the rapid encroachment of digital and now AI technologies, has accelerated dramatically. The fast-paced evolution in educational technology and methodologies necessitates a fresh look at what features teachers should exhibit to be effective and relevant in this ever-changing environment.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

According to NBC’s review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, textbook prices have risen over 3 times the rate of inflation from January 1977 to June 2015, a whopping 1,041% increase. Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

Few companies have tackled the full range of learners since the days when Pearson was touted as the world’s largest learning company. For educators and parents navigating the world of education technology, international players such as Byju’s may not yet be household names. His classes grew in size and number. The couple also married.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2018

China’s NetDragon has gobbled up another education technology company. The deal could mark the beginning of the end for the “free” model of education technology, at least for standalone education companies without other strong revenue streams to support them. In 2015, NetDragon paid approximately $130 million to acquire U.K.-based

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

That's an all-time high, and a big increase since the fall of 2015, when only 3 percent of students reported downloading free course materials. For example, in mid-July, publishing giant Pearson announced it will adopt a “digital first” strategy for updating college course materials. states and two Canadian provinces.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

Print textbooks are the eternal punching bag for the things people think technology should render obsolete. spending on PreK-12 instructional technology steadily ticked upwards, from $2.6 In Pearson’s preliminary 2018 results released in February, the publisher said it expects flat revenue or even a 5 percent decline for its U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

He believes his company’s brand of digital textbooks beats anything Pearson, McGraw-Hill and their ilk can provide. Union Square Ventures, Emergence Capital and Leaders Fund also provided equity funding while BMO Technology and Innovation Banking Group provided debt financing. The company has raised $90 million to date.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

based early childhood technology and services developer best known for its GOLD observation-based assessment system and its Creative Curriculum product lines for infants, preschoolers and kindergarteners. “Our Roden worked as an elementary school teacher and in sales for Pearson before founding ReadyRosie in 2012.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Is education technology investing back on track? billion, this year’s funding total is the second-highest tally, following 2015 (which saw $1.4 educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to improve outcomes for teachers and learners across K-12 and higher education. The answers depend on who you ask.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Founded in 1997, Powerschool was first bought by Apple in 2001, and then by Pearson in 2006. The publisher sold the PowerSchool to private equity firm Vista Equity Partners in June 2015. Since 2015, PowerSchool has acquired eight companies. Its last influx of funding came in the form of a $32 million Series D round in 2015.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

So far 30 such content creators have been green-lighted, ranging from high-school teachers and college professors, to brand-name publishers including Kaplan, Penguin Random House, Oxford University Press and Pearson, which is selling a handful of English vocabulary materials. But a large teacher following is no guarantee of success.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

That reasoning has some similar undertones to the explanation given by Pearson when it sold its student information system, PowerSchool, in 2015. Illuminate , based in Irvine, Calif., decided to shut down the system to focus on services that are more directly aligned to “student achievement,” according to the email.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Then in 2015, the company took a gamble: It raised $12 million for its first round of outside investment. Today the company has nearly 60 full-time staff, almost quadruple the number from early 2015. Then—and now—it ranked among the top 25 most popular U.S. websites, according to Quantcast.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 16, 2015

June 19, 2015 by Chopstick Sensei from United States I don’t know how Jeff makes the time for this empire of his, but he’s putting together amazing information to help teachers out. A wealth of knowledge June 15, 2015 by jpdalton from United States I got the honor of hearing this gentleman speak in person and he knocked my socks off!

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Pearson/Harris Poll reveals new findings on mobile device ownership and how wi-fi access impacts learning in school. The survey, released by Pearson and conducted on its behalf by Harris Poll, finds that while student ownership of mobile devices continues to increase, wi-fi connectivity at school lags behind home access.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

The analysis shows that serious challenges have persisted with technology in the L.A. The researchers also found limited use of online curriculum provided by Pearson, for which the district purchased a three-year license, at the added cost of about $200 per device. District officials have acknowledged difficulties with technology.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Previously a consultant and policy adviser to Michael Gove, the United Kingdom’s former Secretary of Education, Martin first explored growth opportunities for international education companies in Africa in 2015, after leaving his gig at Boston Consulting Group. CiTi also supports innovation “clusters” for the banking and travel industries.)

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2015

Unified officials demanded a refund from computer giant Apple over curriculum supplied on the devices by Pearson, which sells education services and materials worldwide. Pearson was a subcontractor to Apple under a contract approved by the Board of Education in June 2013. Unified bought 43,261 iPads with the Pearson curriculum.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

PowerSchool, owned by Vista Equity Partners, has acquired eight companies since June 2015. billion sale to LinkedIn in 2015—was 20 years in the making. These triple-digit rounds feel “disproportionate to where the market for education technology has been,” he says. short-lived experiment in the coding bootcamp industry ).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Pearson CEO John Fallon today announced plans to retire in 2020 after a successor has been appointed. Fallon succeeded Marjorie Scardino, who led Pearson during the previous 16 years. He joined Pearson in 1997, first as director of communication and later overseeing its international business operations. billion market value.

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Edsurge

JUNE 10, 2019

In 2015, the MacArthur Foundation spun off its Digital Media & Learning grantmaking portfolio, through which it had awarded more than $7 million to the institute. Beginning in 2015, the group pursued fee-for-service work to generate revenue and become less dependent on grants. million). “But

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Game-Based Learning Pearson Training Report 146

Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2019

The drone was part of a demonstration of the powerful technology that the neuroinfomatics company EMOTIV offered at a conference on the power of technology and education. launched a seven year 6,000-student randomized control trial in 2015 to assess the impact of school-based mindfulness classes on children’s mental health.

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Skyward Training Tablets Company 137

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

The mission behind myON, says Brekhus, who began his education technology career as a teacher, is to “de-fragment the one-book-for-all model” for reading instruction. MyON’s deal marks the latest in a string of education technology acquisitions by private equity firms in recent years.

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Pearson Company EdTech Libraries 65

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. In 2015, Kidaptive acquired Hodoo English, a language-learning company, in a deal that established Kidadaptive’s Korea headquarter. Once known for a learning game, the Redwood City, Calif.-based Back in the U.S.,

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