Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ Pearson Gives $3 Million to New Leaders for New Schools

Stephen Downes

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Doesn't it seem odd to see a publisher giving millions to people making purchasing decisions? I know, I know, it's charity and all, but still. "Part of the funding, spread over three years, will be used to develop a cadre of 15 educators, to be called Pearson Fellows. These fellows will be deployed to high schools in the New York City, Baltimore, and District of Columbia school systems." Sounds like fifth column work to me. You know, just saying. But for some reason, nobody finds this odd? And I wonder what a wider study of educators (making purchasing decisions or recommendations) directly funded by vendors would reveal? Via Russo.

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