SXSWedu: Pearson CEO Marjorie Scardino lauds risk taking
Austin-American Statesman – Katie Glueck
TX
7-Mar
Clad in cowboy boots, the chief executive of a major education and media company, declared war this afternoon on the “tyranny of the average.” Marjorie Scardino, Pearson’s CEO and a Texarkana native, gave a keynote address to a crowd of educators, entrepreneurs and policymakers gathered at South by Southwest Edu, SXSW’s education conference. To make exceptional, rather than average, the standard in education requires risk-taking, she said. But exceptional is what students need and deserve, she said.
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Tagged Education, Marjorie Scardino, Pearson, South by Southwest Edu
Tagged Education, Marjorie Scardino, Pearson, South by Southwest Edu
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