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Pearson Is Selling Its US K-12 Business—Despite Posting a Profit and Digital Growth

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It does not fit with in with our digital transformation strategy.” higher-education courseware and in-school assessment in the U.S. Pearson also remains just as much a testing company as a publisher, providing assessments for the K-12 market and professional certifications. The rest came from non-digital offerings. and the U.K.”

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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Districts expressed interest in additional DreamBox products that address other pandemic-related problems, like its new predictive analytics tool, designed to assess student progress and learning loss in lieu of now-canceled standardized tests. And customers seem grateful. “If billion in venture capital.

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Best Second Jobs for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Chegg Tutors : Chegg is a popular platform that connects students to tutors in a wide range of subjects. Ed-Tech Consultancy: With the rise of educational technology, teachers can consult for ed-tech startups, helping them design educational products that align with school curriculums and effective teaching strategies.

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Reach Capital’s Newest Education Technology Investment Fund Closes at $82 Million

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The most recent of these, the writing feedback assistant WriteLab, was acquired by Chegg , a publicly-traded education company, for $15 million. Curriculet, which offered a digital library of reading materials and assessments, briefly closed shop before it was acquired by the nonprofit Waterford Institute. WriteLab (Chegg).

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Top Trends Higher Education Textbook Publishers Must Follow

Kitaboo on EdTech

Companies like Chegg, eFollett, and BookRenter are offering new textbooks on rent for less than the price of a used book. Market eBooks Effectively: Publishers now need to focus on their marketing strategies to increase the sales of their digital course materials. Also Read: 8 Highly Effective Digital Publishing Strategies.

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Look Who’s Talking—Michael Trucano from the Brookings Institution on AI in education

eSchool News

The speakers anticipate lively discussions at the upcoming conference (CoSN 2024) as attendees reflect on practical strategies and the future of AI in education. Anticipation for CoSN 2024: Attendees can expect discussions around practical strategies for integrating AI in education, informed by global perspectives and experiences.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called badges a “game-changing strategy.”. Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Reader, they were not.

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