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Although no doubt, Microsoft, now the owner of Minecraft, would like us all to repeat that particular storyline.) Pearson, for one.) That this is how a venture capitalist would characterize the future of education is, nonetheless, quite notable. This year, Yik Yak shut down, despite having raised some $73 million in venture funding.
It ignores what happens in Seattle: the home of Amazon, Microsoft, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. It ignores what happens in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for example: the site of Harvard and MIT. ”). .”
“Publishers Wiley , Cengage , Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “ Apple and Microsoft Now Offer $100 Styluses. Credly has acquired Pearson ’s badge platform, Acclaim. The seller: Book Dog Books.
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Via Politico : “ Families for Excellent Schools CEO fired after investigation into ‘inappropriate behavior’ ” That’s Jeremiah Kittredge , who’s run one of the best funded pro-charter advocacy groups in the company. Via Techcrunch : “ Pearson is adding LittleBits kits to its STEM curriculum.”
Via Inside Higher Ed : “ U of Florida Online finds stability after canceling deal with Pearson , but scales back its plan for ”exponential“ growth in online education for undergraduates.” ” “ Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation ,” Techcrunch reports. The University of Oxford has joined edX.
” Pearson cut 4000 jobs – 10% of its staff. ” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. ISTE’s CEO left “ unexpectedly.” ” Dale Dougherty returned as the CEO of Maker Media, following layoffs there.
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” Via the Education Law Center : “Several New Jersey civil rights and parent advocacy organizations have filed a legal challenge to new high school graduation regulations recently adopted by the State Board of Education. Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. IBM partners with Pearson. OpenEd partners with Pearson.
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