Pearson acquires Cogmed working memory training

Karolin­s­ka Devel­op­ment to divest port­fo­lio com­pa­ny (press release)

“Today, Karolin­s­ka Devel­op­ment has divest­ed Cogmed, one of Karolin­s­ka Devel­op­men­t’s port­fo­lio com­pa­nies, to Pear­son where it will become part of Pear­son­’s Clin­i­cal Assess­ment business.”

Why does it make all the sense in the world for a large pub­lish­er with heavy edu­ca­tion­al and clin­i­cal oper­a­tions to acquire a com­put­er­ized cog­ni­tive train­ing com­pa­ny like Cogmed? and, why Pear­son? Read more