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Pearson 2020 Preliminary Results and strategy update (Unaudited) Resilience despite COVID-19 challenges. Repositioning Pearson for sustainable growth. News provided by Share this article Highlights Underlying revenue declined 10%. Global Assessment 14% lower, and International down 19%. North American Courseware down 13%, with US Higher Education Courseware in line with pre-COVID expectations. Performance in line with revised expectations post COVID-19;  with adjusted operating profit of £313m (2019: £581m) Adjusted earnings per share of 28.7p (2019: 57.8p) after an effective tax rate c...

Mar. 4—While many Maryland students, teachers and parents have struggled with online schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic, some students have thrived while learning in the virtual environment. Legislation in the Maryland General Assembly, put forth by Del. Kathy Szeliga, would allow local boards of education, the state education department and even institutions of higher education to start ...

Feb. 24—The former superintendents of Athens City Schools and Limestone County Schools are among six people named in a federal indictment that accuses them of fraudulently enrolling private school students in public virtual schools and receiving state education funds for their personal use. A federal grand jury indicted William Lee "Trey" Holladay III, 56, of Athens, the former Athens City ...

The COVID-19 pandemic turned education on its head. Measures introduced in the 2021 session are designed to combat new issues faced by schools because of

The dictionary would have a difficult time anyway. There are several competing definitions in Oklahoma. Stitt referred to “ghost students” in his State of the State address last week as students who no longer attend a district, but their former school still receives state funds as if they did. Stitt’s use of the phrase might have come as a surprise to some. It first entered Oklahoma’s lexicon in July 2019 from court records documenting a criminal investigation of Epic Charter Schools. Now, “ghost students” has entered an entirely different context, and one that could have a signif...