Private Testing Privacy Issues, $240M in New Pledges for STEM Education, Kobo Parent Acquires OverDrive, and More

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Monday, March 23, 2015 - 4:30pm (updated Monday, May 9, 2016 - 1:06pm)

Private Testing Company Scrutinized for Student Privacy Issues

Akron Beacon Journal, March 22, 2015

Parents are concerned with their children taking tests from Pearson, a private company that collects personally identifiable information from students…

 

Testing Drones for Prison Security Put on Hold in Ohio

WBNS-10TV, March 23, 2015

Ohio’s prisons agency says it has put a hold on its testing of drones as a security measure to keep watch over two corrections facilities…

 

Who Owns the Research: Ohio State or Faculty?

The Columbus Dispatch, March 23, 2015

Ohio State University faculty members are fighting a proposal that they fear would give the school a claim to profits from books, articles, software and other works they create…

 

Obama Announces $240M in New Pledges for STEM Education

ABC News, March 23, 2015

At the White House Fair on Monday, Obama announced more than $240 million in pledges to boost the study of STEM fields…

 

Kobo Parent Acquires OverDrive

Library Jounal, March 20, 2015

Leading library ebook distributor OverDrive was sold to Rakuten for $410 million cash…