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What’s Next for Pearson? (Not Buying Your Education Startup.)

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For Pearson, the world’s largest education company, some of its recent tumult in past years have been self-imposed, even deliberate, under the helm of John Fallon. Even its digital education assets, including PowerSchool, a student information system, was sold because it didn’t fit with Pearson’s focus on learning outcomes.

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Targeting ‘Inclusive Access’ Deals, College Bookstores Sue Textbook Publishers and Retailers

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But in their complaint , plaintiffs Campus Book Company, BJJ Corporation, CBSKY, CBSNM and Renttext.com argue that these subscriptions harm independent bookstores by effectively eliminating secondary markets for course materials. McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, Pearson Education Inc., Cengage Learning Inc.,

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CAE and Pearson Partner to Bring Critical Thinking Assessment to Secondary Education Students

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(CAE), a leader in designing innovative performance tasks for measurement and instruction of higher order skills, today announced the immediate availability of its College and Career Readiness Assessment (CCRA+) through a non-exclusive partnership with Pearson [FTSE: PSON.L], the world’s leading learning company.

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Fewer Deals, More Money: U.S. Edtech Funding Rebounds With $1.2 Billion in 2017

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educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to improve outcomes for teachers and learners across K-12 and higher education. MOOC companies typically account for the bump in the “Post-Secondary” category, but aside from Coursera’s $64 million Series D round, few other companies focused in higher education scored a large deal.

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Tips and Scoops from ASU GSV That You Won’t Find on the Agenda

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The ASU GSV conference stands out for being unabashedly capitalist, in the sense that everyone believes that delivering on profits and student outcome can go hand-in-hand. Pearson is launching its own. How times have changed. Here’s how the attendee demographics have grown from 2010 to 2018.

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

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A Foundation of Research You wouldn’t necessarily know it from the pandemic-era panic, but online education for elementary and secondary schools is not new. and abroad and offers a compendium of research about its theories, methods and outcomes. For proof, check out the “ Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blended Learning.”

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. She pointed out that the legislation was passed quickly and without a lot of accountability, leaving a lot of the details to be figured out later.

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