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Unable to ‘Reach a Sustainable Business Model,’ Dev Bootcamp Will Shut Down in December

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acquisition by Kaplan in 2014. It appears that the Kaplan ownership did not stave off the financial concerns for long. But actually, to the contrary, we would have closed much earlier without Kaplan's support. Kaplan bought us time. — The company was founded in 2012, and had bootstrapped its growth until its.

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All ninth graders study at the local 4-H center in this Maine district

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Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. But since 2014, she says, when the district introduced this new outdoor project-based approach, students’ ambition and sense of identity have dramatically improved. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

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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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How Daily Farm Work and Outdoor Projects Make Learning in High School Better for Teens

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Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report). Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report ). But since 2014, she says, when the district introduced this new outdoor project-based approach, students’ ambition and sense of identity have dramatically improved. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report ).

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In Move Towards Nonprofit, Grand Canyon University Sells for $875M

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In 2014 officials at the company announced plans to turn the university back to a nonprofit. The move comes nearly a year after nonprofit Purdue University announced plans to purchase the online for-profit Kaplan University for $1. Grand Canyon University also serves around 19,000 students at its physical campus in Phoenix, Ariz.,

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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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K12 Inc. Names Stuart Udell, Former Catapult Learning Official, as CEO

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In 2014 K12 suffered a big blow when the 10,800-student Agora Cyber Charter School in Pennsylvania ditched the private management company in favor of managing its own operations. He came back to Renaissance Learning in 2012, and served on its board of directors until 2014. a year ago and $36.78 a little over two years ago.

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