Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

But up until last week, three of those publishers—Pearson Education, McGraw-Hill Education and Cengage Learning—were suing Follett over alleged counterfeit sales. Booksellers who have taken those steps already include Barnes & Noble Education, Chegg, Inc., Ingram Book Group, MBS Textbook Exchange and Valore.

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

Three of the country’s largest publishers, Pearson Education, McGraw-Hill Education and Cengage Learning, are suing Follett Corporation, a major textbook distributor, on charges of selling counterfeit textbooks in its stores. Other textbook distributors, including Chegg, Inc.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

Goldman, vice president of textbooks and e-books at Chegg, a student services provider that notably sold its print textbook inventory to Ingram in 2015, adoption of digital materials among students has been slower than he predicted. For Pearson, non-digital revenues still dominate at 38 percent, down from 41 percent the year prior.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

2U 2008 2014 $665M (IPO) Archipelago Learning 2000 2012 $302M (acquired by PLATO Learning) Chegg 2005 2013 $830M (IPO) Connections Education 2001 2011 $400M (acquired by Pearson) HigherOne 2000 2012 $260M (acquired by Blackboard) Instructure 2008 2014 $487M (IPO) K12.com

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 25, 2019

Big names in the publishing industry like Cengage and Pearsons have already moved to digital publishing and have built their loyal customer base. Companies like Chegg, eFollett, and BookRenter are offering new textbooks on rent for less than the price of a used book.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

updated (Scholastic and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt are examples) or even sold their legacy businesses (Pearson) in order to refocus their businesses. Investment firms certainly track the technology sector, and some track the education sector , but there is no established benchmark for edtech companies. Our Basket of Edtech Stocks: 2U.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

Similarly, Pearson has made some of its textbooks available for rent through Chegg. Students can access more than 20,000 course materials— courseware, eBooks, online homework and study tools, across more than 70 disciplines and 675 courses. A subscription model is any day more affordable than buying new textbooks.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

I think Pearson has seen it. Tell me a little bit about some of your recent partnerships with companies such as Chegg. Chegg provides, amongst other things, tutoring services. I think Chegg is doing well in that. It's not unlimited choice in the sense we don't have Pearson materials.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

Once upon a time Pearson operated under different brands that made the totality of what Pearson did less obvious. I remember when the Pearson brand could be found on fewer than 50 business cards, despite being a large and global education business. Also back then, Pearson generally operated as an enabler of learning.

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Blackboard Company Pearson LMS 104

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

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.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. No mention that Lexia Learning is owned by Rosetta Stone. Very thorough research, gj. Via CMX : “ How Edcamp Scaled Up 1,500 Community Events Connecting Educators All Over the World.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

“​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. I missed this news back in February: Chegg acquired RefMe. ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. South previously worked at the US Department of Education and K12 Inc. The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Via Mic : “On Thursday, Pearson , an education publishing company, apologized for publishing a nursing textbook section that contained racist material about treating patients from different cultural backgrounds who have acute and chronic pain.” Chegg has acquired Cogeon for $15 million. ” (No. .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless.

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Hack Education

JULY 6, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson today signaled an increased focus on artificial intelligence and personalized learning with the appointment of former Intel executive Milena Marinova.” ” Though a goal of AI is automation, Marinova stressed that Pearson’s intent is not to replace instructors, but to help them.

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc. Via The Guardian : “Education publisher Pearson reports biggest loss in its history.” VR “comes of age,” says Campus Technology.

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Hack Education

MARCH 2, 2018

Reports that Pearson is looking to sell its K–12 courseware business in EdWeek’s Market Brief , Inside Higher Ed , and Edsurge. Via Edsurge : “ Cheating on Chegg ? ” So Chegg’s algorithms declare you’re a cheater, and you don’t get a tutor. Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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