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Edu-business
Pearson’s insidious plan to profit from poor families in developing countries
Global education business, Pearson, continues to find new ways to make a profit from the education of children …
NAPLAN and edu-business: the commercialisation of schooling in Australia
NAPLAN testing is orchestrating a high-stakes environment in Australian schools where schools, teachers, students and even parents feel the pressure to perform and do well. Edu-businesses are capitalising on this high-stakes environment for commercial advantage. Schools and governments now purchase products and services that are explicitly tied to test development and preparation, data analysis and …
How big business is taking over public schools: is this what we want for Australia?
‘Education will be the biggest growth industry of the 21st century,’ according to Pearson, the world’s largest edu-business, which provides educational content, resources and customisable services, such as online and adaptive learning technologies. With its $9.5billion in sales last year, it is clear that education is proving quite profitable for Pearson and its shareholders. In …