Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

Public Interest Research Group, each new edition of a textbook cost 12 percent more than the previous one. 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. According to a study by U.S.

Pearson 166

Pearson OER Company Knewton 166

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. Pearson promises “personalization” through its “adaptive learning” products, for example. (It ” (Amazon Inspire is the company’s OER platform.) “At the most general level,” Srnicek writes.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Pearson CEO John Fallon recently met with a group of reporters at Education Week’ s offices and spoke about his company’s business strategies and record, and offered a defense against some of its detractors’ claims. Secondary, they will enable what most people in the education world want to see happen.”.

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

The NAACP endorses OER. ” Right-wing troll Ann Coulter pulled out of her talk at UC Berkeley , because “because she had lost the backing of conservative groups that had initially sponsored her appearance.” .” (“What do we really know about the value of prekindergarten?” ” Oh.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via the San Jose Mercury News : “A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for a state audit of a profitable but low-performing network of online charter schools following this newspaper’s investigation of K12 Inc., “Harvard Finds That DreamBox Learning Improves Math Test Scores,” according to Edsurge.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

At the time, David Wiley expressed his concern that the lawsuit could jeopardize the larger OER movement, if nothing else, by associating open educational materials with piracy. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” Altius Education. The Hour of Code.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145