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Pearson data breach: details of hundreds of thousands of U.S. students hacked

In just one school district alone the breach affected data on 114,000 students enrolled between 2001 and 2016.

These New Funds Let You Invest According To Your Values–And Help Nonprofits

New funds endorsed by the YWCA and the NAACP, which focus on companies with high grades on treatment of women and African-Americans, also give back to the nonprofits themselves.

Twitter Names Its First Female Board Member

Former CEO of Pearson Marjorie Scardino has been appointed to Twitter’s board of directors, effective immediately.

Penguin And Random House Merger Completed, Say Pearson And Bertelsmann

Penguin And Random House Make A Deal

The merger is the first between the six biggest publishing houses and should give Bertelsmann and Pearson more negotiating power with Amazon.

Personalization And Analytics: The Future Of Education?

Education startup Knewton, which learns from students and makes personalized lessons for them, has teamed up with Pearson, one of the country’s major curriculum designers. Together, they’re trying to create a new system where we can measure that students are learning what–and how–is best for them.

Pearson, Blackboard, And Education’s New “Openwashing”