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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

Video: Sarah Butrymowicz. Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”. Pearson stands behind its findings.

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Mixed Reality Brings New Life to K–12 Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

With the Titanic, the kids did a lot of research on the boats first,” Weaver said in an AMD case study. While Ayoub says Microsoft is working with education giant Pearson and other collaborators to create more VR content for the classroom, there is another source: students.

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In rural Maine, a university eliminates most Fs in an effort to increase graduation rates

The Hechinger Report

Some students fill out a handout or watch a video online. Vanessa Pearson, UMPI’s interim dean of students, says as part of the shift, professors and administrators have also examined their own courses to identify “learning outcomes,” which are specific pieces of knowledge that students must know to graduate from a certain program.

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Here's How Single Sign-On Saved One District 2,500 Hours of Instructional Time Per Month

Edsurge

And that is a very conservative number, based only on time saved using the top six critical core web applications from Pearson, McGraw-Hill, PowerSchool, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Google Classroom. Video: One click single sign-on with ClassLink. Case Study: Pickens School District enjoys instant access.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role. Pearson, P. Adaptive teaching in literacy instruction: Case studies of two teachers. It’s a conduit for staying abreast of the latest educational trends, resources, and technologies.

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Most Popular of 2015, No. ten: Are digital textbooks worth it?

eSchool News

Writer Mary Axelson’s reporting was engrossing, and her case studies struck a chord with readers: While the original story ran across four pages, an unusually-above average number of you read it all the way to the end. The next year, they flipped that model by buying online social studies books with some hardcopy backups.

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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

Edsurge

On the education side, the company enlisted Kelly McGrath, former head of K-12 science curriculum development at Pearson, who’d become Planet3’s chief operating officer. Among those who tried include Osman Rashid, the co-founder of Chegg and Kno, who launched Galxyz in 2014 to build a science video games for grades three to 12.