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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

Marketplace K-12

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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What Are the Real Motives Behind the Common Core State Standards? Let's Be Honest with Ourselves!

The 21st Century Principal

Today, there was this post on the Public School Forum of North Carolina website defending the Common Core. I am a skeptic about the Common Core, not because I do not believe in the need to have higher standards. The Common Core is "more rigorous than North Carolina''s previous standards."

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Tennessee Gives Pearson ‘Emergency’ Test Scoring Contract, Seeks New Vendor

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Pearson has been awarded a contract worth about $18.5 The new seven-month contract with Pearson was finalized using an emergency procurement process after the education department collaborated with the state’s central procurement office, according to a “Frequently Asked Questions” document the department released.

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Publishers' Group Examines Common-Core 'Conundrum'

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An industry needs a scorecard to adapt to the of the common core standards' changing political environment. The publishers' association tackled that this week. [[[You might try a more straightforward excerpt, because you're trying to round up a lot of things in the blog item]].

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Pearson, PARCC Criticized for Monitoring Social Media for Test Security

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An alleged effort by New Jersey officials to monitor whether students were sharing information about common-core exams through social media has stirred controversy. Assessment Common Core Ed-tech Pearson Social Media assessment testdelivery'

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British Officials, Pearson Probe Effort to Leak Test Content

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In Great Britain, government officials and their testing contractor, Pearson, are investigating how the answers for a spelling and grammar assessment ended up on a site where they didn’t belong. The portal allows a marker to score only the tests they are contracted to look at, Pearson said. Security Under Scrutiny. “We

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Pearson, AFT Square Off Over Company’s Profits, Focus

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Pearson 1-year stock price chart, New York Stock Exchange, from Morningstar. Pearson 3-month stock price chart, New York Stock Exchange, from Morningstar. The American Federation of Teachers is pressuring Pearson PLC, the global education company, to conduct a business strategy review with an eye to becoming more profitable.

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