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Pearson Signals Major Shift From Print by Making All Textbook Updates ‘Digital First’

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The biggest education company in the world is moving away from a production model that has been one of the main drivers in the rising cost of textbooks. And focusing on digital makes the secondary textbook market even less attractive, since students have to buy access directly from Pearson to get course materials.

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Ancora High School Partners with McGraw Hill to Launch New Online High School for Adults

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“Through digital materials that are affordable, accessible, and effective, we can work towards a learning environment that leads to better outcomes for all,” Michael Ryan, President of Higher Education at McGraw Hill. ” Students will need a computer and internet connection to be able to complete courses. .

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Why the World’s Youngest Continent Got an Edtech Accelerator

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Secondary schools can only take in 36 percent of students who finish primary school. These services include access to an in-house “technical team to help support our startups,” Martin adds. In return, Injini takes up to 15 percent of equity in each company. “We Sometimes a school chain will even buy out a company.”

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Leveraging big data with connected content for stronger academic outcomes

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Using 30+ datasets compiled by the federal government, plus over 5,000 published analytical data sources, you’ll have access to aggregated data about a broad range of institutions, from secondary schools and high schools to higher education. Use the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Statistics to perform your competitive analysis.

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Why ‘Black Box’ Software Isn’t Ready to Teach College

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She pioneered the use of adaptive learning in college teaching, starting the Online Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University more than 15 years ago, and she sees how powerful it can be in a classroom. But she has real ambivalence about how adaptive learning is moving from the laboratory to the classroom.

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37 predictions about edtech’s impact in 2023

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Education and student well-being are stretched thin, and lingering learning gaps, exacerbated by the pandemic, present hurdles for all students–especially underrepresented students groups who were already at a disadvantage. We’re headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

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Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. Courtney Groskin, Instructional Learning Coach, St. Vrain Valley Schools, Longmont, Colo.

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