Shares of Pearson, the world’s largest education company, were the biggest losers on Britain’s Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 for Friday, according to Reuters.
An attorney who has served as president of New Visions for Public Schools will lead the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s K-12 strategy, starting on June 1.
Stuart Udell, a former top official at Catapult Learning, has been named CEO of K12 Inc., a prominent and often controversial provider of online education and other services.
Andrew Marcinek will serve in the U.S. Department of Education’s office of ed tech, working with school and state leaders, educators, and developers.
Deborah Quazzo, whose investments in ed-tech companies doing business with the Chicago district have drawn criticism, said she will resign at the end of her term this summer.
The founder and former CEO of K12 Inc. has launched Pansophic Learning, a new international education company, with Safanad Limited.
Yale University President Richard Levin has been named CEO of ‘MOOC’ provider Coursera, which has recently grown interested in K-12 teacher training.
Michael Chasen, who co-founded the educational software company in 1997 and saw it through a $1.6 billion acquisition, will resign in December.
Marjorie Scardino, the chief executive officer of the giant education company since 1997, will be succeeded by John Fallon on Jan. 1.
As the company prepares to make its education division an independent company, McGraw-Hill names Lloyd Waterhouse the division’s new CEO.