Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 3, 2015

Minnesota will receive $1 million in fees from Pearson and up to $4.7 million in additional services and support, as part of a settlement.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. Gary Miron, an education researcher who co-authored a National Education Policy Center report on for-profit charter schools. At Stride Inc.,

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 6, 2020

Join me for this free webinar with Jennifer Pearson, an American teacher who evacuated from China because of the coronavirus. See: Copyright Policy. The post FREE Webinar! Online Learning Tips for School Closures: Best Practices for Teachers and Schools appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The post FREE Webinar!

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 15, 2020

In the midst of the coronavirus chaos, the anxiety, the fears, and the extra time at home, I would like to come back to an idea that Jennifer Pearson shared on a special BONUS episode of the Shake Up Learning Show –grace. See: Copyright Policy. The post Grace is Greater Than Grades appeared first on Shake Up Learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

So far the company has won participation by major textbook publishers, including Palgrave, Wiley and Pearson. One partner, Pearson, took a pre-tax loss of approximately $3.2 And a month later, Pearson announced that it would lay off 3,000 more employees. And it’s currently in the process of closing an agreement with McGraw Hill.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2020

Connections Academy, the virtual school run by Pearson, saw “strong increases in application volumes” in March. But for some online education companies, the upheaval represents a chance to profit. Last month, Hechinger reported that website traffic was surging for some ed tech companies. And K12 Inc.,

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

Instead, it will be absorbed into SIIA’s existing public policy division, which advocates for legislation on behalf of its members. Without the conference, SIIA’s value proposition for its education members will be trimmed to its roots in advocating and lobbying for policies that support the industry.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Driven by online testing mandates, along with federal and state policies, we are moving quickly toward one device per child in our K-12 schools. labs, carts, bring-your-own-device policies), but the combination of low-cost devices, an explosion of online learning content and ubiquitous connectivity has fueled the rapid shift toward 1:1.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

A white paper from Pearson is designed to help educators navigate different approaches to students’ college and career readiness. “ On Track: Redefining Readiness in Education and the Workplace ,” from Pearson, was written by David T. . Conley, Ph.D., Stoltz, Ph.D.,

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

The institution missed its early admissions targets and ended up cutting ties with Pearson, which had been brought in to handle marketing and recruitment. “I I see the Pearson termination as when we kicked our training wheels off,” said Cummings. In fact, UF Online went through a rocky start as it ramped up its operations.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

Vanessa Pearson, UMPI’s interim dean of students, says as part of the shift, professors and administrators have also examined their own courses to identify “learning outcomes,” which are specific pieces of knowledge that students must know to graduate from a certain program. Vanessa Pearson, UMPI’s interim dean of students.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

Last Thursday, he sent an email to students explaining that he was being let go because he pushed back against two university policies that he saw as unethical. The first was that students in all Econ 211 and 212 were now required to purchase a digital textbook called MindTap, sold by Cengage.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 29, 2020

In the midst of the coronavirus chaos, the anxiety, the fears, and the extra time at home, I would like to come back to an idea that Jennifer Pearson shared on a special BONUS episode of the Shake Up Learning Show–grace. See: Copyright Policy. Grace is Greater Than Grades. Back to School with G Suite (6 Online Activities).

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 7, 2020

As I learned many weeks ago from my interview with Jennifer Pearson , a teacher who had been teaching her students in China remotely for many weeks, this is NOT the time to throw a bunch of new tools at our teachers and students. Jennifer Pearson learned early on that you cannot replicate the school schedule every day at home.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 6, 2017

computer scientists, statisticians, research methodologists, educational psychologists, UX researchers, instructional designers, ed policy experts, etc.) Nathan Martin is a manager for efficacy and innovation at Pearson in the Office of the Chief Education Advisor. These are things we’ve learned and things we are still learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Schools must also ensure that any companies they do business with that have access to the student PII (and any subcontractors working with those companies) adhere to these privacy and protection policies. The Pearson incident raises important questions about privacy versus marketing and service strategies.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Pearson is Not a Platform. I’m not sure if we can still call Pearson “the world’s largest education company.” That restructuring has involved shedding some of the products and subsidiaries unrelated to education, Pearson executives have said. Pearson does not have a platform.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2015

Unified officials demanded a refund from computer giant Apple over curriculum supplied on the devices by Pearson, which sells education services and materials worldwide. Pearson was a subcontractor to Apple under a contract approved by the Board of Education in June 2013. Unified bought 43,261 iPads with the Pearson curriculum.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

But the bigger driver of our success was new government policies; specifically, No Child Left Behind and specific funding under the Enhancing Education Through Technology program—and our focus on selling multi-year enterprise contracts to large districts. For more details, see my 2015 piece ).

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2017

He says the tools from Spain have quality content for Spanish speakers, and for English tools, tech providers such as Pearson and Mcgraw Hill have sufficed in the past, but he is looking for more STEM learning tools now. “I Because of limited edtech providers in Mexico, Najera relies on products from the United States and Spain.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2017

The alternative is to leave educators and policy-makers intellectually adrift, susceptible to whatever educational fad is popular at the moment. Nathan Martin is a manager for efficacy and innovation at Pearson in the Office of the Chief Education Advisor.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 20, 2019

She worked with her principal to have all educators create that stress journal and they found that they actually had control to change many of those pieces that were causing that stress; things like: their meeting schedule, their PD structure, policies around structures for attendance.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Elsa Pearson , a policy analyst at Boston University, says that among this generation, smoking is “a complete faux pas” but vaping is seen as benign — and cool. “Kids don’t see [vaping] as harmful — they see it as very different from smoking cigarettes,” Pearson says. ” Pearson agrees.

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The 21st Century Principal

AUGUST 1, 2014

Those who worship at the altar of bubble sheets, Pearson, and College Board, don''t see learning as "trying to shape minds." High Stakes Testing state testing policy Testing' As Brady points out, "Teaching trying to shape minds is hard complicated work." But herein is the problem.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Previously a consultant and policy adviser to Michael Gove, the United Kingdom’s former Secretary of Education, Martin first explored growth opportunities for international education companies in Africa in 2015, after leaving his gig at Boston Consulting Group. The eight were chosen from 180 applications. Yet the U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System. Jennifer is married to Scott Pearson, the Associate Editor for the Marshall County Tribune, and together they have 3 children.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy. Susan comes from a strong policy background as a former staffer in the United States Senate and legislative aide in the Iowa House of Representatives. About the Presenters.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 6, 2020

In this candid interview, I chat with Jennifer Pearson, a tech coach who recently evacuated from China due to the Corona Virus. by Jennifer Pearson. See: Copyright Policy. In this special BONUS episode, you can prepare for coronavirus closures and get online learning tips for teachers and schools. Coronavirus Closures?

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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. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System.

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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. Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 23, 2016

Boston: Pearson Education, Inc. Why Arts-based Teaching? Rooney (2004) reports that arts-based teaching and learning at the community level improves relationships leading to better “cooperation and more creative problem solving” (p. References. Goldberg, M. President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. PCAH) (2011).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

Jennifer Pearson ( @RuralLibAssoc ) Library Director, Marshall County Memorial Library Opening Keynote Jennifer Pearson is the Director of the Marshall County Memorial Library System. Jennifer is married to Scott Pearson, the Associate Editor for the Marshall County Tribune, and together they have 3 children.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

The online coursework is designed by the education company Pearson. Jones-Redmond advocates a no-computer policy on Wednesdays, when traditional teaching takes center stage and students take a break from their online work. Source: PEARSON CONNEXUS. Source: PEARSON CONNEXUS.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Microsoft has long had a beef with Google—even if the company won’t always admit it today—dating back to the “Scroogled” advertisement campaign that critiqued the search giant’s Chromebooks and privacy policies. The attacks may have since toned down in intensity. Yet the Redmond, Wa.-based

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2019

When I asked David Pearson, a British clinical psychologist who works with children facing adversity, if regular mindfulness practice would have helped me fly my drone his answer was “Yes, it would.” There is increasing interest in the role of meditation and mindfulness training in education. All important.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Few corporate brand names in education are as recognizable, and as polarizing, as Pearson, the giant education provider whose reach extends to virtual schools, testing, language training and an array of other areas. Pearson officials have been talking about shifting away from being identified as simply a publishing company for years now.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

He''ll be covering his favorite topic right now, "The Obviousness of Open Policy," and we''ll talk about this straightforward proposal to require that government-funded work be released under open licensing. TONIGHT: Join me as I talk tonight with Cable Green from Creative Commons for the FutureofEducation.com interview series.

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