Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Ever since taking the helm as CEO in 2015, Marten Roorda says ACT has closed 10 deals in which it has invested in, acquired or formed strategic partnerships with educational companies. The deal marks ACT’s third investment since 2017. ACT , the nonprofit best known for its college-readiness test, is undergoing a major transformation.

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Assessment Elsevier Knewton Company 62

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). A 2015 regulation by the U.S. Of course, there are big differences between textbooks and fizzy drinks.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

“Why I Turned My Back on Betsy DeVos During Graduation” by Bethune-Cookman Class of 2017’s Tyler Durrant. She and her husband also donated $200,000 to AFC’s charitable arm in 2014 and 2015 through the Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation. Bonus points for invoking the Prussians , Madame Secretary. She said no.”

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Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

pic.twitter.com/ba4GY4Lc8M — Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) February 1, 2017. It planned to do so back in 2015.) Elsevier has acquired Plum Analytics. Jerry Falwell Jr. will be leading Trump’s higher education task force. Here’s a science textbook I was assigned at his school in 2007. An education IPO! million total.

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Education MOOC Data Elsevier 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “What You Need to Know About Race-Conscious Admissions in 2017.” Via Edsurge : “ Apple iPad Sales to Schools Jump 32%, Selling 1M Tablets in Fiscal Q3 2017.” Elsevier has acquired bepress. ” More via Buzzfeed and The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46

Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Communications Experts Criticize Elsevier - Florida Pilot.” “ Nancy Zimpher to Resign as SUNY Chancellor in 2017.” .” Larry Cuban on “ Integrating Technology In Classrooms: Teach To One in a Oakland Charter School.” ” (Psst. .

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Education Sakai Udemy Report 45