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Pearson Expands College and Early Career Programming to More Than Half of Connections Academy Schools in the Country

September 20, 2024 by ESchool News Staff

Hoboken, NJ. – Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L) and its Connections Academy, the fully online public school program serving K-12 students, announced today the ... Read more

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Pearson’s Connections Academy and Home Depot’s Path to Pro Program Partner to Connect High School Students to Trade Careers

September 29, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

HOBOKEN, N.J. — Pearson and its Connections Academy, the fully online public school program serving K-12 students for more than 20 ... Read more

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Certiport Names 2023 Adobe Certified Professional US National Champions

July 10, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

Orlando, Florida – Certiport, a Pearson VUE business and the leading provider of performance-based IT certification exams that accelerate academic ... Read more

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Certiport Names 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist US National Champions

July 5, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

Orlando, Florida – Certiport, a Pearson VUE business and the leading provider of performance-based IT certification exams that accelerate academic ... Read more

Student Well-Being

How to build deep relationships with students

December 5, 2022October 17, 2022 by Danielle Sullivan, National Director of Content and Implementation, Curriculum Associates

In order for students to actually learn, they need to feel engaged on a cognitive and emotional level. They also need to feel safe.

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Pearson Creates New Direct-to-Consumer Division

November 20, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, today announces the creation of a new direct-to-consumer division as it looks to further ... Read more

District Management

The changing role of literacy today, part 2

March 14, 2018March 8, 2018 by Ed DeLeon

We know we must teach children to read proficiently, yet the age-old challenge of getting a child to read on grade level still persists. Fortunately, science and technology…

Ancillary

Pearson unveils Beta-4

August 22, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Pearson has unveiled the Beta-4, the latest revision of a nonverbal measure of cognitive abilities in adults, originally developed by the ... Read more

District Management

Pearson Realize course content now works with any LMS

June 27, 2016 by Laura Ascione

earson announced a new iteration of its main content delivery system for K-12 schools that will allow them to experience learning, assessment and data applications seamlessly, saving thousands…

District Management

Certiport announces CERTIFIED 2016 Educator Conference

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Certiport, a Pearson VUE business, a test delivery solution provider for the global workforce and academic markets, announced the CERTIFIED 2016 Educator Conference, a conference dedicated to helping…

A Network for Success

The good, the bad, and the ugly of today’s online testing

May 3, 2015March 18, 2015 by By Bridget McCrea

Leaders from 3 districts who recently took the PARCC online tests share the highlights and major lowlights from their recent experience. Being prepared may not be everything: You…

District Management

Pearson launches ed-tech incubator for startups

November 5, 2013February 28, 2013 by ESchool News Staff

Publishing giant Pearson has launched an incubator program for ed-tech startups, following in the footsteps of other educational companies like Kaplan, Mashable reports.

District Management

ASCD, Pearson debut new online professional development tool

November 5, 2013March 27, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

The educational leadership organization ASCD (formerly known as the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) has teamed up with Pearson to launch a new online school leadership program,…

District Management

New software facilitates assessment and data management

January 24, 2014March 23, 2012 by From staff reports

During recent ed-tech conferences, a number of companies introduced software intended to make assessment and data management easier for schools.

District Management

Pearson buys Schoolnet for $230 million

April 27, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

Pearson PLC, publisher of the Financial Times and Penguin books and a major player in the ed-tech market, has agreed to buy the educational technology company Schoolnet for…

District Management

Virginia using iPads to teach social studies

February 2, 2011September 30, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

In a huge step forward for K-12 education's move toward an all-digital curriculum, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), in collaboration with education publishing giant Pearson, is implementing…

District Management

Mac-based districts could face SIS quandary

November 5, 2013August 19, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Education industry giant Pearson says its PowerSchool student information system will cease to support Macintosh database servers by Dec. 31, forcing Mac-using districts to make some tough decisions.

District Management

Forget grade levels: Schools try something new

November 8, 2010July 21, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

As Kansas City, Mo., students return to their age-assigned classrooms this fall, they will begin to take assessments in math and reading—tests that will determine their mastery of…

District Management

Feds to shape the future of assessment

November 5, 2013April 16, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

Federal officials are leading the charge to develop a new generation of summative, end-of-year exams that are delivered and scored by computer; focus on a deeper understanding of…

IT Management

Electronic books now come in snack sizes

February 8, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Who has time to read a whole book anymore? That’s the thinking behind a new publishing venture by the FT Press, a unit of Pearson, which has introduced…

District Management

Software shows students’ full test history

November 5, 2013January 28, 2010 by From staff reports

School data systems are getting more sophisticated, a perusal of exhibitors at the 2010 Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC) suggested—and at least two companies now offer systems that…

Pearson Expands College and Early Career Programming to More Than Half of Connections Academy Schools in the Country

Pearson’s Connections Academy and Home Depot’s Path to Pro Program Partner to Connect High School Students to Trade Careers

Certiport Names 2023 Adobe Certified Professional US National Champions

Certiport Names 2023 Microsoft Office Specialist US National Champions

How to build deep relationships with students

Pearson Creates New Direct-to-Consumer Division

The changing role of literacy today, part 2

Pearson unveils Beta-4

Certiport announces CERTIFIED 2016 Educator Conference

Pearson launches ed-tech incubator for startups

ASCD, Pearson debut new online professional development tool

New software facilitates assessment and data management

Pearson buys Schoolnet for $230 million

Virginia using iPads to teach social studies

Mac-based districts could face SIS quandary

Forget grade levels: Schools try something new

Feds to shape the future of assessment

Electronic books now come in snack sizes

Software shows students’ full test history

With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts

Fighting chronic absenteeism with data-driven insights–and a little fun, too

CoSN State Chapters Grow With Additions of MACE and CoSNE

New Slate of Inspiring and Engaging Standards-Aligned Content Added to Discovery Education Experience for Back-to-School 2025

Frontline Education Announces Chris Collins as New Chief Customer Officer

NoRedInk and the National Writing Project Partner to Inspire the Next Generation of Writers in the Age of Gen AI

Almost 2,000 Schools and Districts Choose Lexia® English Language Development™ to Support Emergent Bilingual Students’ English Language Acquisition

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