Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Pearson, for one.) Or one could look at ed-tech companies that laid off staff: the coding bootcamp Galvanize , the analytics company Civitas Learning , the learning management system Schoology , MOOC provider Coursera , the education giant Pearson , for example.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Pearson sold its US K-12 curriculum business for $250 million. Pearson said it would shift its strategy and make all its textbooks “ digital first ” (which you just know is going to cost students more). PowerSchool acquired the K-12 LMS Schoology. ASU ends its MOOC experiment , Global Freshman Academy. LOL LOL LOL.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Dive makes claims about “ MOOCs as tools for equity in under-resourced high schools.” ” Oh look.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via TPM : “No Test Left Behind – How Pearson Made a Killing on the US Testing Craze.” ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology. .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson have started a new round of lawsuits against textbook sellers,” The Digital Reader reports , this time targeting those who sell through Amazon’s marketplace. ” There’s more MOOC-related research in the research section below. ” (I admit.

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