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What a Homework Help Site’s Move to Host Open Educational Resources Could Mean

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In May, the homework-help site that relies on student-generated content, Course Hero, dipped its toes into freely available, openly licensed alternatives known as Open Educational Resources, or OER, course materials. It’s also unclear what this means for the larger picture of open educational resources, Alexander says.

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When Colleges Sign ‘Inclusive Access’ Textbook Deals, Can Students and Professors Opt Out?

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They also must allow students to opt out of buying bundled books so they can find resources on their own if they prefer. PIRG obtained 52 contracts between 31 colleges and major publishers, including Cengage, McGraw-Hill and Pearson. Pearson has typically seen opt-out rates below 5 percent, according to Osborne. Still, U.S.

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Pearson Bets One Small Step for Research Is a Leap for Learning Design

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Pearson Education did something it’s never done before. David Porcaro, director of Learning Design at Pearson, says the decision to collect and share these learning design principles “is like putting the ingredients list on food labels. Pearson released the set of principles under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0

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Pearson Writer now integrates with Microsoft Word

eSchool News

Pearson is expanding the power of digital technology to help students build strong writing skills. Now, Pearson Writer digital writing resources are integrated with Microsoft Word, providing students access to support for improving their writing skills. Nine out of 10 students agree that Pearson Writer was easy to use.

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Companies go to high schools for career training

eSchool News

“Their goal is to have trained employees ready to enter the field; ours as a career center is to give students the workforce and soft skills to be employable in whatever they choose,” said Jim Pearson, director of the Hinds center. If they wait till college to explore what they don’t like, there can be a real cost to doing that.”

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Sent home early: Lost learning in special education

The Hechinger Report

Catherine Pearson, parent of a student in special education. When he entered first grade in 2008, after a half-day kindergarten program, his school district, in Eagle Point, Oregon, never even attempted a full-day schedule, Pearson said. It’s very sneaky,” Pearson said. But that doesn’t stop it from happening frequently.

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5 Ways to Create Relevant Cultures of Learning

A Principal's Reflections

There is no right way to accomplish this as you will see from the examples below. Recently I observed a great example of this during a coaching visit with Kay’s Creek Elementary School in Farmington, UT. Wells Elementary School in Texas is a great example of how a unifying focus becomes a reality. Pearson Education, Inc.

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