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Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. “​ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” Post, Sources Say.” The Business of Job Training.

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Pearson gets emergency test scoring contract from Tennessee ,” Chalkbeat reports. Pearson hearts coding bootcamps. ” Speaking of openwashing : “ Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core , Rise of ‘Open’ Resources.” Elsevier has acquired SSRN , an online open access repository.

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” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. billion it agreed to pay Apple/Pearson for iPads, but what do I know). ” Grit ™ – a blog post about a trademarked grit product by Pearson , of course.

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Wheeler supported e-Rate reform and “ net neutrality.” Via CNBC : “ Pearson ’s marketing chief on the company’s virtual tutors and digital education transformation.” ” Via the press release : “ Pearson Releases Research-Based Learning Design Principles for Public Use.”