Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
The latest player to jump in is Pearson, which released Pearson Plus over the summer as a “pay-as-you-go” alternative to traditional textbooks. Subscribers to Pearson Plus pay $9.99 Meanwhile, when students resell their books, Gan says, Pearson no longer plays a role in the quality of that experience.
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 Hechinger Report
MAY 20, 2020
Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”. That same school year, Pearson paid for a study of SuccessMaker Reading in kindergarten and first grade.
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. They also say they are taking steps to improve retention and graduation rates. At Stride Inc.,
Edsurge
MAY 30, 2018
Walmart officials say they selected the colleges because of their track records serving working adults and their high graduation rates compared to similar programs by other institutions. 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
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 20, 2018
The key to this, according to the newly-published e-book, “ Choice, Ownership, and Voice through Authentic Learning ,” is to create learning environments and activities that support COVA, which stands for choice, ownership, voice and authentic learning.
Educational Technology Guy
JANUARY 7, 2015
E-rate no longer pays for servers either. They are moving to Google Apps and Chromebooks (and moving all files to Drive) and are moving to have Pearson host PowerSchool instead of hosting themselves. Schools are turning more toward web services, even our district. Google Apps, Evernote, Edmodo, and more are all web based.
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