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Mentoring for Digital Leadership in California Adult Educators

Digital Promise

For more than 30 years, California’s Outreach and Technical Assistance Network ( OTAN ) has been at the forefront of meeting the technology needs of adult education providers, including English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), Adult Secondary Education (ASE), and Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.

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

eSchool News

NEW YORK (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Council for Aid to Education, Inc. Pearson will resell CCRA+ as part of its Pearson Assessment for Learning Suite (PALS). Pearson will resell CCRA+ as part of its Pearson Assessment for Learning Suite (PALS). For more information about Pearson Assessments visit [link].

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

Edsurge

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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Can the ‘Netflix For Textbooks’ Model Actually Improve Access?

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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 higher education product. It allows them to basically eliminate the secondary market from the equation,” she says. “If

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Nine New Lawsuits Target ?Inclusive Access? Textbook Programs, Alleging Antitrust Violations

Edsurge

The suits name publishers Cengage Learning, McGraw Hill, and Pearson Education, as well as book sellers Follett Higher Education Group and Barnes & Noble. Pearson, McGraw Hill and Follett defended their inclusive access programs in email interviews with EdSurge. And in February, nonprofit advocacy organization U.S.

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

Edsurge

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. Named in the suit are Barnes & Noble Education Inc., Follett Higher Education Group Inc.,

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College Students Are Spending Less On Course Materials—And More On Tech

Edsurge

Many colleges have adopted inclusive access models—while publishers like Pearson , McGraw Hill and Cengage have made them part of their switch to digital—to ensure students can access books at a discounted price.

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