The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 19, 2023

She has held several leadership positions with education companies, most recently Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Achieve 3000, Kaplan K12, and Renaissance Learning. Robert obtained their Master of Science degree in Engineering from Boise State University between 2002 and 2005.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 20, 2023

For instance, a seminal piece by Kaplan and Pascoe (1977), “Humorous Lectures and Humorous Examples: Some Effects upon Comprehension and Retention,” emphasizes that humor not only aids comprehension but also retention of material. As found in Garner’s (2005) research on “ Humor, Analogy, and Metaphor: H.A.M.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Maia Sharpley’s career in education includes serving in executive positions with the New York City Department of Education, Kaplan and Charter Schools USA. From 2015 to 2019, entrepreneurs created 11 times the number of education unicorns compared to 2005 to 2014.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Founded in 2005, Quizlet has become a popular source among students for its user-generated digital flashcards. That the company has names like Pearson and Kaplan onboard is “the writing on the wall” for the traditional publishing industry, said Jennifer Carolan, co-founder of Reach Capital, an education investment firm, via email.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

The strategy has worked for a few older companies: Kaplan, for instance, began in the test-prep business and has since moved into higher education, corporate training (and a. Frontline Education, controlled by Insight Venture Partners, has snapped up another 10—most recently, professional-learning provider School Improvement Network.

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Last year they brought in nearly twice as much as in 2005, according to figures the council provided to The Chronicle, with an increasing number reporting annual contributions of at least $20 million. In 2005 just five colleges raised that much money for sports. Kaplan, survey director for CAE.” Last year 25 did.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2016

.” There were some high-profile academic hires however, including John Vogel (Dartmouth), Don Sexton (Columbia), Jack Kaplan (Columbia), and Roger Schank (Carnegie Mellon). Vogel was one of the professors who stood with Trump at the press conference in 2005 announcing the launch of Trump University.

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