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Startup Hopes to Shake Up Textbook Market By Encouraging a Mix-and-Match of Courseware

Edsurge

Namely, it wants to help build an open-source system that lets professors piece together online course materials from a variety of sources, and also offer their own materials for sale to colleagues around the world. That project is continuing, and it held a virtual meeting this week.

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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

Students have access to hundreds of courses while they are in Illinois’ juvenile justice facilities, but they tend to focus on math, language arts, social studies and science. The online coursework is designed by the education company Pearson. Source: PEARSON CONNEXUS.

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Education Behemoth Pearson to Cut 4,000 Employees, 10 Percent of Workforce

Marketplace K-12

Pearson today announced that it is responding to rocky conditions and poor performance in international markets by laying off 4,000 workers and putting a greater focus on adaptive courseware and classroom products, as well as blended and online learning.

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

The Hechinger Report

School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. Website traffic to the homepage for IXL, a popular tool that lets students practice skills across five subjects through online quizzes, spiked in March.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. He’d made honor roll before the pandemic hit, but ended the 2020-21 school year failing all four courses, Murphy said. At Stride Inc.,

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5 Ways Online Teachers Can Connect With Their International Students

EdNews Daily

Patience and active listening are also essential for students to find success in an online and international classroom. Build Unique Activities : If possible, teachers should incorporate more than individual feedback into the course curriculum. Green Team Educators.

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Pandemic May (Finally) Push Online Education Into Teacher Prep Programs

Edsurge

The National Council on Teacher Quality, a think tank that evaluates teacher preparation programs, doesn’t collect data related to remote learning or online education, says its director of strategic communications. Those include: Students who build routines for completing their online classes tend to get better results.

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