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Pearson’s Connections Academy Launches New College and Career Prep Initiative

eSchool News

Connections Academy high school students also have free access to Credly to help them earn digital badges to enhance their career options. ” The new and expanded career readiness programs will launch in select Connections Academy schools in the 2023-24 school year, rolling out nationwide in the following years.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. billion by 2023. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle. billion by 2025. And I’d never gotten my Ph.D.

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