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Pearson Continues to Simplify With Sale of Wall Street English

Pearson in November agreed to sell Wall Street English, which operates learning centers in China and Italy, to a consortium consisting of funds affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia and CITIC Capital.

Partnering for OER and Improving Math Skills

$Partnering for OER and Improving Math Skills$

Math technology curriculum and services provider Carnegie Learning (Pittsburgh) in November partnered with open educational resources provider OpenStax (Houston) to provide a single, affordable learning solution for developmental math.

Are Schools Ready for Digital Learning?

Schools have put in place much of the infrastructure they need as they move toward digital learning environments, but work remains to be done.

Trends in the World Languages Instructional Materials Market

Instructional materials for high school world language learning represent a $150 million dollar market opportunity, according to EMC school, a major instructional materials market competitor.

by Dan Strempel
October 26 2017
ACA
Health Care Publishing

U.S. Healthcare Uncertainty Infects Medical Publishing Market

Repeal and replace fell flat and the bipartisan deal on health insurance reform seems unlikely — cracks in the Affordable Care Act have turned to fissures that threaten to swallow one fifth of the U.S. economy.