Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Last week, Pearson announced it paid $25 million to acquire Smart Sparrow’s technology, in a move that the publisher says will bolster the digital infrastructure that will soon support all its future higher-education offerings. As part of the deal, most of its staff will join Pearson. million in venture capital.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2019

Pearson probably still won’t buy your startup. Today, the publisher announced the launch of Pearson Ventures, a $50 million fund earmarked for education technology startups raising Series A and B rounds. The fund is framed as an effort to “future proof the company,” says Owen Henkel, managing director of Pearson Ventures.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Released at an October event on Capitol Hill, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the leading trade association for the business of information, released Principles for the Future of AI in Education , which will help the edtech industry as it works alongside educators during AI-infused learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Last May, major textbook publisher Pearson indicated it was mulling a sale of the U.S. In Pearson’s 2017 full-year results report , the publisher stated that “we have concluded the strategic review of our US K12 courseware business and have classified the business as held for sale.” and the U.K.” The company’s revenue from U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Her parents wanted to get her a special education designation — and all the supports that came with it. The short answer, according to special education lawyers and advocates across the country, is no. Catherine Pearson, parent of a student in special education. But that doesn’t stop it from happening frequently.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Micro-credentials offer an important opportunity for educators to strengthen their professional learning. Our educators love it, because these micro-credentials tie the knowledge to the practice, and that’s what has been missing in so much professional development. Digital Promise is the gold standard. …

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 8, 2018

Educational research group Pearson reports that there’s increasing awareness and recognition among teachers and administrators that traditional parent-teacher conferences yield limited results , particularly for traditionally marginalized student populations. Make Information Easy to Access With the Cloud.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2018

Microsoft Unveils New Tech to Create Personalized, Immersive Education. Earlier this month on its education blog , Microsoft unveiled a number of new products and services to assist educators in creating more personalized experiences and immersive lessons. meghan.bogardu…. Wed, 01/31/2018 - 11:41.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

edWeb.net , an award-winning professional learning network, today joined forces with Pearson on its professional learning community, Assessment for Learning. The Assessment for Learning community hosts a series of edWebinars where educators and experts can share best practices and innovative ideas in real time.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pearson Education did something it’s never done before. For education that means building technology based on what we know about learning. David Porcaro, director of Learning Design at Pearson, says the decision to collect and share these learning design principles “is like putting the ingredients list on food labels.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Nearly 200 colleges face federal civil rights investigations opened in 2019 about whether they are accessible and communicate effectively to people with disabilities. Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

Pearson is expanding the power of digital technology to help students build strong writing skills. Now, Pearson Writer digital writing resources are integrated with Microsoft Word, providing students access to support for improving their writing skills. Nine out of 10 students agree that Pearson Writer was easy to use.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2023

HOBOKEN – Pearson , the world’s leading learning company, announced today that Connections Academy , its K-12 online school program will expand its slate of college and career readiness initiatives for middle and high school students. Credly is a Pearson business. That’s why our c.20,000

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

That encompasses “ inclusive access ” material, a sales model that leads to content being delivered to students on the first day of class and then being charged for it as part of their tuition and fee payments. Seventy-three percent of students now report being assigned free or non-paid material, the report says.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 10, 2016

In Great Britain, government officials and their testing contractor, Pearson, are investigating how the answers for a spelling and grammar assessment ended up on a site where they didn’t belong. The site is for scorers only, and does not allow public access. Security Under Scrutiny. “We

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Over the last weekend of July, some of the world’s education leaders gathered at the Ed T ech Asia Summit in Ho Chi Minh to discuss where education is headed in the 21st century. ” One of the biggest problems facing China’s offline education sector is the uneven access to high quality educational resources.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

That’s the ethics debate playing out in one online educator space , a lively back-and-forth carried over from a recent workshop on educational A/B testing. One example cited was a Pearson A/B test that earned negative media coverage a few years ago. Most people would be fine if Pearson offered either option to all users?software

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In the realm of education technology, a similar disarray unfolds without a standardized system for edtech interoperability. Educators and students grapple with navigating multiple platforms, each with its own unique interfaces and data structures. Why is implementation worth it? DeGeorge: Exactly!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The concept has become especially embedded in education, ever since schools and universities closed this spring and the video call service became the lifeline tethering students to instructors. And more than 35,000 people from 154 countries participated in its Zoom Academy for K-12 educators at the end of July. I like early market.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I’ve heard that mantra during my whole career as an educator, and even as a classroom teacher we have been cautioned not to try to change too much too fast. About four years ago, Pearson purchased the company that supported North Carolina’s Student data system called NC WISE. State education officials called this portal “Home Base.”

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

“Personalized learning” sounds great for any ear interested to hear about education advancements, but it also comes with a rather broad definition. So educators are free to opt for the way they consider most appropriate to personalize their instruction. Including education. How AI shapes up K-12 education.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Recent dealmaking news includes acquisitions by Apple and Excelligence Learning, and partnership between Pearson and Knewton. acquired the San Francisco-based startup that helps K-12 educators “use data to analyze the past, understand the present, and anticipate the future,” according to the company’s Twitter page.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

McGraw-Hill Education Chief Financial Officer, Mike Evans, has resigned, according to a company statement Tuesday. He also worked at Pearson, overseeing the publisher’s K-12 businesses in literacy, math and student information systems. Evans’ last day as CFO was on June 30, 2019, and his last day with the company will be July 5, 2019.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

This is especially evident over the decade, as schools have increasingly adopted mobile learning as a signature initiative using BYOD and 1:1 programs and investing in tablets to provide their students with access to a wealth of relevant educational content and learning opportunities. Mobile students.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

But education students still need to work on lesson plans, and kids still need summer activities. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. train future educators to teach online, experts say. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19. By now, you can probably list them by heart. “To

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. What’s Next for Pearson?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Last summer, the San Francisco-based company invited several dozen educational publishers and organizations to create and sell materials to Quizlet users, as part of a closed beta program. Today, the company announced it is inviting any content creator, including individual educators, to apply for its Premium Content program.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

WASHINGTON (PRWEB) — In celebration of the 38th annual SIIA CODiE Awards, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) today announces the 50 winners of the 2023 CODiE Awards in Education Technology. Educators and administrators serve as judges for the first-round review of all nominees. “The

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2022

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a Boston-based K-12 education content and technology provider, has finished its sale to Veritas Capital, an investing firm which markets itself as seeking to improve education. Obviously, the Veritas deal gives HMH access to capital, which is good for them, Wiley says.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education.

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eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2015

Pearson has launched the Developmental Reading Assessment, Second Edition PLUS (DRA2+) iPad App for literacy assessment. The Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA2+) is intended to give educators tools to monitor changes in student reading performance. head of Pearson’s Assessment Product Solutions group.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 16, 2019

One out of every eight students in the US uses IXL Learning software solutions at school, so it makes sense that they love bringing educators onto their teams! However, if you’re vigilant, sometimes you can catch an Education Consultant or Content Writing role. Pearson Online. Their offices are in San Mateo, CA, and Raleigh, NC.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2019

An open-access advocacy group on Wednesday sent a formal filing to the U.S. Department of Justice opposing the proposed merger of two of the world’s largest textbook publishers, Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education. Cengage and McGraw-Hill’s proposed merger is a step toward forming a monopoly over higher education data." —The

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

While the fields of academia burn with this discussion, education results have remained largely untouched. But education is not immune to problems endemic in fields like psychology and medicine. In fact, there’s a strong case that the problems emerging in other fields are even worse in educational research. Winter is coming.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2019

Education can seem like a balancing act between what we as adults feel is essential and what interests our learners. Make no mistake about it – capturing the attention of students has become harder and harder because of the access that many of them have to knowledge, games, and each other through technology. Pearson Education, Inc.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” Are any education technologies, for that matter? Education’s Proto-Platforms. If so, what are they?

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 25, 2019

The state of the US higher education market looks slightly subdued on account of the fact that the government has reduced funding for higher education. billion cut in funding for the education department, compared to a 10% decrease in 2019. In order to offer the latest and updated course material to higher education students.

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