Controlling the Scores
Standardized testing has long been framed as a neutral measure of achievement. Yet, its origins in white supremacy reveal that it was designed to privilege white, middle-class norms…
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Pearson Expands College and Early Career Programming to More Than Half of Connections Academy Schools in the Country
Hoboken, NJ. – Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L) and its Connections Academy, the fully online public school program serving K-12 students, announced today the expansion of their college and early career program…
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Bots Are Grabbing Students’ Personal Data When They Complete Assignments
Carson Blaisdell sat stunned by the survey on the desktop screen in front of him. The list of true/false questions posed to the 31-year-old were intimate: Did he…
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The Homework Tax
The second in a three-part series about courseware. Part 1 is here. Montoya Thomas recalls sleepless nights in college, crushing energy drinks from the local Smoothie King as…
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Millions of Students a Year Are Required to Buy Courseware. Often, It Replaces the Professor.
This is Part 1 of a three-part series on the use of courseware at colleges. Parts 2 and 3, which will focus on cost and data privacy, will…
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Pearson (NYSE:PSO) Upgraded at StockNews.com
StockNews.com upgraded shares of Pearson (NYSE:PSO – Get Rating) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note released on Friday morning. Other analysts also…
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