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Old Publishers Dive Into The New: Pearson Inks API Billing Deal With Zuora; Adds Food T... - 0 views

  • Plug & Play project is part of a bigger effort that Pearson has been making to get more innovative. That’s especially important for the company’s education division, which makes up 70 percent of Pearson’s business and could potentially be a part of what some consider a big future area for tech growth.
  • being innovative when you’re a large, legacy business can be a challenge both internally — and externally
  • Right now it’s about innovation and partnerships because people still think of [Pearson education] as textbook publishers, but that’s not what we are.
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  • Pearson also has a partnership with Learn Capital to co-invest in startups that are working on products that are adjacent to Pearson’s own interests, specifically in education.
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Pearson-backed Startup Aims to Be the Zynga for Learning - 1 views

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    the site is peddling educational material rather than time-sucking games, and that's an important distinction. As it builds profiles of learners, it starts to make recommendations for college readiness and even career choice - all the while baiting them with the promise of more Yoops. If we can use game mechanics to get kids hooked on virtual-currency powered farm fields, why not learning?
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Howard U. Will Expand Its Online Offerings - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Edu... - 0 views

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    Howard will be partnering with Pearson for their online programs.
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Letters to multiple orgs. re OPM Business practices.pdf - 0 views

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    Letters from Sherrod Brown and Elizabeth Warren to 2U, Bisk, Pearson, Academic Partnerships, and Wiley
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