Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

And Pearson is still around. But the edtech industry has hit some bumps along the way, wrestling with collateral concerns from the public spotlight over data privacy and security. So, how does a tool that effectively functions as a messenger for students, parents and educators take the crown? What’s Next for Pearson?

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EdTech Pearson Industry Student Data Privacy 104

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Levin counted each district’s data breach separately, even if they were all hit by the same cyber attack. For example, a major breach at educational testing company Pearson during the 2019-20 school year affected an unknown number of student records in thousands of schools. Our students deserve that.

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Pearson Data Student Data Privacy Edmodo 143

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. And “free” doesn’t last.

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