Interesting News in Education – May 2020
 

Interesting News in Education
May 2020

During this time of health and economic crisis, it is uplifting to see what companies and PreK to Higher Ed establishments are doing to help each of us, particularly our children.

Many Education Publishers are offering FREE content to students; here are but two examples:
 

Softcover or ebooks only 14.99
It’s Study Week: Selected eBooks and softcovers only $14.99 each!* Use coupon code TXTB20 through May 11, 2020.
Palgrave Macmillan

Free access to Springer Nature ebook collection
The Técnico Library informs that Springer Nature provides free access to an eBook Collection of over 400 reference ebooks until the end of June.
Técnico Lisboa – Universidade de Lisboa

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AMPLIFY

Amplify Reading Named 2020 CODiE Award Finalist for Best Game-Based Curriculum Solution
Award finalists represent applications, products, and services from developers of educational software, digital content, online learning services, and …
Amplify

CENGAGE

Cengage Named a Finalist for Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards
Company recognized for its groundbreaking initiative–Cengage Unlimited–to tackle the college affordability crisis. First all-access subscription for …
Yahoo Finance

CENGAGE/MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION

Cengage and McGraw-Hill Terminate their Merger to Create a Textbook Giant
Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education announced yesterday that they fully terminated their contested merger efforts to create the second-largest U.S. …
IBL Education

 

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