EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2018

In a n ationally representative survey released in 2015, the last time this data was made available, education publisher Pearson found that 53 percent of 4th and 5th graders, 66 percent of middle schoolers, and 82 percent of high school students regularly used a smartphone.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2018

In addition to updating the popular game-based learning platform, Microsoft also announced partnerships with Pearson and WGBH’s Bringing the Universe to America’s Classrooms project to create new mixed, augmented and virtual reality offerings. The partnerships will include new curriculum that lets students explore our planet and beyond.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

While Ayoub says Microsoft is working with education giant Pearson and other collaborators to create more VR content for the classroom, there is another source: students. “We still hear content get called out quite a bit,” Ayoub says. “We We need to make sure there’s a lot of content, and I would say good-quality content.” .

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

You have to let go of some of the micromanagement,” Montero says in a study conducted by Pearson. While these assessments haven’t provided any quantitative data on improvement in outcomes, Montero has adapted his teaching strategy to engage students by allowing them to have more control over their learning. . by Eli Zimmerman.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.). Pearson is Not a Platform. I’m not sure if we can still call Pearson “the world’s largest education company.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Journal, National Public Radio, PC World Magazine, and many other news outlets. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System. on nonprofit, foundation and library technology.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

12:00 - 1:00 pm US-PDT ( click for your own time zone ) OPENING KEYNOTE: Jim Lynch and Kate Laughlin (co-moderators), with Jennifer Pearson, Melanie S. Journal, National Public Radio, PC World Magazine, and many other news outlets. Toledo, and Dianne Connery. He is one of TechSoup's primary presenters at conferences in the U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

12:00 - 1:00 pm US-PDT ( click for your own time zone ) OPENING KEYNOTE: Jim Lynch and Kate Laughlin (co-moderators), with Jennifer Pearson, Melanie S. Journal, National Public Radio, PC World Magazine, and many other news outlets. Toledo, and Dianne Connery. He is one of TechSoup's primary presenters at conferences in the U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

Journal, National Public Radio, PC World Magazine, and many other news outlets. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System. on nonprofit, foundation and library technology.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 6, 2023

She also won a 2023 Pearson National Teaching Award for digital innovator of the year. ." - Jon Rafman, artist "I felt like I was witnessing magic. Now that it’s been a few months, I’m like, ‘Well, yes, of course, AI generates anything.’" - Karen X.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 19, 2023

She also won a 2023 Pearson National Teaching Award for digital innovator of the year. ." - Jon Rafman, artist "I felt like I was witnessing magic. Now that it’s been a few months, I’m like, ‘Well, yes, of course, AI generates anything.’" - Karen X.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 29, 2023

She also won a 2023 Pearson National Teaching Award for digital innovator of the year. ." - Jon Rafman, artist "I felt like I was witnessing magic. Now that it’s been a few months, I’m like, ‘Well, yes, of course, AI generates anything.’" - Karen X.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In a recent lawsuit, an Illinois woman and her daughter accuse Pearson, the multinational publishing and education company, of exposing the information of more than 1 million students when it failed to detect or respond to a 2018 data breach. . The impact of storage security failure is substantial.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Neither Pearson nor Blackboard, companies that were quite active in gobbling up startups a year or so ago, bought a single company this year. Why, it was just a few years ago that Pearson sold off The Financial Times, wasn’t it, in the hopes that a restructured company could make ed-tech pay. ACT and TurnItIn both bought two. (

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

As well as teaching a graduate course at Columbia Teacher''s College in Educational Technology and directing the Technology and Innovation at The School, he is an author for Pearson''s Interactive Science Program (a K-8 Science series for 21st century schools).

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Video has become a major educational tool for the next generation of students, 59 percent of whom report YouTube as their preferred educational method, Pearson reports. Along with AR/VR, video downloads will also become easier.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 16, 2022

Currently Chris is a regular columnist for Encounter magazine. and Pearson Education, but her passion remains working directly with students in a teaching capacity. He has been featured on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio's “Ideas,” and other nationally syndicated radio shows.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via The Hindu Business Line : “ Pearson India set to launch K–12 online private school.” Via IDG’s CIO magazine : “ How artificial intelligence is transforming learning.” ” And via the Udacity blog : “ Self-Driving Cars for Everyone! ” EVERYONE!

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Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

” Open Up Resources is a non-profit – LOL – whose CEO Larry Singer used to be the managing director for Pearson’s K–12 marketing sales. billion spent on back-to-school shopping nationwide will be spent on electronics,” says Education Dive rewriting a press release rewritten by Ed-Tech Magazine.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

The New York Times Magazine interviews the new Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Pearson to Lower Cost of E-Books, Textbooks.” ” More on Pearson’s business in the business of ed-tech section below. .” Yes, the department is now on GitHub.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

Speaking of Michigan State and Nassar, via The State News : “Original MSU alumni magazine leaked.” ” Education Week on a Pearson poll : “Generation Z Prefers Learning From YouTube, Not Books.” ” Infuriating. ” It was apparently scrapped by someone in the university administration. .”

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via Diggit Magazine : “The end of Academia.edu : how business takes over, again.” Pearson released its quarterly report today and announced a “strategic review” of its K–12 courseware business, particularly with regards to print. ” The startup in question: LeapLearner.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. Millennials prefer badging and certificates to traditional degrees, according to researchers from UPCEA, Penn State and Pearson.”

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

” asks The New York Times Magazine. Via Edsurge : “ Pearson , an Investor in Knewton , Is ‘Phasing Out’ Partnership on Adaptive Products.” ” No disclosure in the story that Edsurge shares investors with Knewton , nor that Pearson is, by way of Learn Capital, also an investor in Edsurge.

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

” The New York Times Magazine has an incredible profile of Gwyneth Paltrow ’s “ Goop ” empire. ” Via Education Week : “ Pearson Studies Seek to Shine Light on Cyber Charter Student Mobility.” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

” Pearson cut 4000 jobs – 10% of its staff. But, as New York Magazine quipped , “Laurene Powell Jobs is undaunted by these facts.” Throughout the year, Hill and Feldstein dutifully chronicled all the updates (or lack of updates ) to Blackboard, Pearson , Instructure , Schoology , D2L , and the like. (So

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Via The New York Magazine : “The Class of 1946–2018 Twenty-seven school-shooting survivors bear their scars, and bear witness.” ” The “guru” is Brendan Kealey , formerly with Pearson. ” Yes, Guns Are Ed-Tech (and It’s So F*cked Up that I Had to Make This a Category).

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

” Via Bitcoin Magazine : “Pilot Project Verifies Academic Credentials on the Bitcoin Blockchain.” Via Techcrunch : “ Pearson is adding LittleBits kits to its STEM curriculum.” ” That’s former Pearson exec Larry Singer , who now runs Open Up Resources. And Bill Cosby ’s, Too.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

” Testing, Testing… Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Pearson is fighting to halt a decision by the state of Iowa to award a $31 million testing contract to the American Institutes for Research , arguing that the scoring of bids was riddled with ‘preferential treatment and bias.’”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Nicole Eramo, a former dean of students, is suing the magazine for $7.9 ” The publisher in question: Pearson. In other Pearson news, via The Digital Reader : “ Pearson Shares Slump Following Poor Earnings Report.” More via NPR. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

in the Classroom” – by Rose Luckin and Wayne Holmes and sponsored by Pearson, of course. Via EdTech Magazine : “How Learning Analytics Can Help Inform K–12 Decisions.” .” Via Campus Technology : “Carnegie Mellon AI Ups the Ante in 20-Day Poker Fest.” ” “ A.I. Is the New T.A.

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MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2017

” The photo was taken as part of a 2007 profile in Fortune magazine. And then I’m happy to answer any questions you might have about the current state of ed-tech – products or propaganda. This is the “PayPal Mafia.” The Princeton Review? The Gates Foundation?

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Knewton Company Kaplan Facebook 65

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “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). Via San Francisco Magazine : “A Kindergarten Teacher May Be Evicted from Her Mission Apartment.

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Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” Via The Chicago Tribune : “Pearson Family Members Foundation sues University of Chicago , aiming to revoke $100M gift.” Via The New York Times Magazine : “What Teenagers Are Learning From Online Porn.” Via Ars Technica : “Judge bars student from violent games after alleged shooting threat.”

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Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

” Via New York Magazine : “Trump University Told Recruiters to Target Single Parents With Hungry Kids.” ” asks Pearson. Via The New York Times : “Former Trump University Workers Call the School a ‘ Lie ’ and a ‘ Scheme ’ in Testimony.” ” “Which major is the best?”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Via The New York Times : “On Campus, Trump Fans Say They Need ‘ Safe Spaces ’ ” Via New York Magazine : “Alt-Right Troll Milo Yiannopoulos Uses Campus Visit to Openly Mock a Transgender Student.” This week marked the fourth anniversary of the shootings at the Newton elementary school.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson have started a new round of lawsuits against textbook sellers,” The Digital Reader reports , this time targeting those who sell through Amazon’s marketplace. And a former Pearson exec is in on the business too , so what more could you ask for? ” (I admit.

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