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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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2004-2011: Washington Leans In. Between 2004 and 2011, I worked as an executive in SchoolNet and Kaplan, both of which grew into successful and innovative education companies. Kaplan thrived during the decade, growing to more than $2.8 2011-2020: From Early Adopters To Mainstream Adoption. billion in 2010.

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Weld North Education Acquires LearnZillion in Its First K-12 Core Curriculum Deal

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Core curriculum was not LearnZillion’s initial focus when the company started in 2011. Grayer, who was the CEO of Kaplan for more than a decade before starting Weld North in 2010, said his plan has always been to amass an empire of digital curriculum offerings. “My He declined to disclose the price of the transaction.

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Don't hide your online self when applying for college or career

The Innovative Educator

When it comes to college about 24% of admission officers admit to tracking applicants on various social media sites to check an applicant’s digital footprint, according to a 2011 Kaplan Test Prep survey.

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Fueled by Big Rounds, Edtech Funding Surges to $887M in First Half of 2017

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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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Edgenuity Acquires Compass Learning to Expand Online, Blended Learning Reach

Marketplace K-12

and it was purchased for an estimated $50 million in 2011 by Weld North. Former Kaplan CEO Making Big Moves in Education Market. On its website, Compass Learning states that it serves more than 2 million students and 70,000 teachers across the U.S. The two businesses are well-established in the marketplace. Company Exec.

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Google Offers Free Cloud Access to Colleges, Plays Catch Up to Amazon, Microsoft

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Google Cloud launched in 2011, but has caught up to competitors to. work with Best Buy, Kaplan and Khan Academy. Viveiros remembers working with cloud computing platforms around 2011 and stresses how powerful it is to have available this set of products as a 20-year-old.

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Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

The Hechinger Report

million since the last peak, in the fall of 2011 , according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. With low unemployment luring potential students straight into the workforce and a decline in the number of 18-year-olds, among other reasons, enrollment is down by more than 2.9

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