Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

PowerSchool, owned by Vista Equity Partners, has acquired eight companies since June 2015. 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. billion sale to LinkedIn in 2015—was 20 years in the making.

EdTech 91

EdTech Chegg Kaplan Coursera 91

Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

In 2009, our team at Kaplan Ventures invested in a virtual reality corporate training startup that was ten years too early. OPMs topped the cycle in 2015. LMS and Digital Learning topped the hype cycle in 2001 (a few years before Blackboard went public). MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012.

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EdTech Chegg Udemy Company 182

Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2017

But legacy for-profit players had pushed into the nascent boot camp space: In fact, Dev Bootcamp was acquired by Kaplan in 2015, and the Iron Yard had been purchased that same year by Apollo Education Group—which also owns University of Phoenix. ( which also owns Kaplan, is an investor in EdSurge.).

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Kaplan Company Groups Report 86

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

The former Kaplan executive, who served as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, oversaw 67 acquisitions that turned the test-prep business into a global education services provider. In 2015, Vista Equity Partners purchased PowerSchool, a student information system, and has since acquired another eight education companies.

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Symantec Kaplan Company EdTech 70

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2017

Numbers say the company’s strategy is working: Since January 2017, Guild has helped more than 500 front-of-the-line employees go back to school, and claims to have coached more than 7,000 students since its inception in 2015. Guild’s services are also comparable to the recent deal Purdue University made to purchase Kaplan University for $1.

Kaplan 75

Kaplan Education Company Industry 75

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Venture capital and public company investments poured into the space, with Kaplan's acquisition of Dev Bootcamp in 2014 marking the start of the expectations “Peak.” Numbers have not been released publicly by Kaplan but it will be a great partnership for the two companies, and Kaplan has shown commitment to marketing and growing the company.

Kaplan 60

Kaplan Industry Outcomes Company 60

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In 2015, Generation Citizen, a nonprofit, launched a national campaign to extend voting rights to teens in local elections. The Oakland City Council is committed to funding and implementing the measure if it is approved, said Kaplan, Measure QQ’s author.

Kaplan 141

Kaplan Policies Report System 141

Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Donations to capital campaigns for new facilities and commitments to cover more aid for athletes helped major-college athletic departments raise more than $1 billion in 2015, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Council for Aid to Education. “Nearly 29 percent of all money raised in 2015 — $11.56 billion raised. [B]ig

Kaplan 40

Kaplan Education Survey Trends 40

Marketplace K-12

MARCH 9, 2016

Previously, Grayer was CEO of Kaplan, the education company that grew into a $2 billion business over his 14-year tenure. The company’s 2015 revenues have not been made public, but its 2014 revenues of $11.9 Former Kaplan CEO Makes Big Moves in Education Market. million were reported to Inc.

Kaplan 40

Kaplan Company Data Industry 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

En 2015, Generation Citizen, una organización sin fines de lucro, lanzó una campaña nacional para extender los derechos de voto a los adolescentes en las elecciones locales. Los defensores de la Iniciativa QQ en Oakland, esperan evitar ese tipo de burocracia si la medida es aprobada.

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Kaplan Report Facebook Elementary 105

Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2016

The partnership represents McGraw-Hill Education’s latest investment in digital research and development; the company estimates that it invested $175 million in digital development and operations in 2015.

Knewton 40

Knewton Kaplan Learning Company 40

MindShift

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In 2015, Generation Citizen, a nonprofit, launched a national campaign to extend voting rights to teens in local elections. The Oakland City Council is committed to funding and implementing the measure if it is approved, said Kaplan, Measure QQ’s author.

Kaplan 41

Kaplan Learning Policies Report 41

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

HackSchool launched at STRIVE Prep – Excel in Denver in 2015 through a Kickstarter to provide students of color with more access to STEM opportunities. We used the blog post for PD for teachers from two different districts,” says Rebecca Kaplan, instructor at CU Boulder. “I the human heart and the atom).

Accessibility 91

Accessibility STEM Robotics Elementary 91

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

His flow of customers had fallen to a 10-year low , down more than 20 percent since 2015. Photo: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. When Steve Thorsett crunched the numbers, things looked grim. Business was flagging. By 2016, annual expenses had begun outpacing operating revenues by $14 million.

Dropout 75

Dropout Training Industry Kaplan 75

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2019

Jeremy Singer, the new president of the College Board Expanding access Following stints at the nonprofit Partners in School Innovation and the publisher McGraw-Hill Education , Singer served as president at Kaplan , a test-prep company, before joining the College Board about six years ago.

Khan Academy 144

Khan Academy Kaplan Pearson Company 144

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

CZI hired Bror Saxberg , whose previous work was with the for-profit online charter school K12 Inc and the for-profit college Kaplan, as its learning scientist. But it’s down from the record-setting year in 2015 – down by about $1 billion. It hired former PayPal exec Peggy Abkemeier Alford as its CFO.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Check out Bryant’s other interviews with Eddie Watson at the University of Georgia and Larry Rudman of Kaplan University. The firm published a three-part series on courseware that enables digital learning in 2015. This interview is the final in a three-part series of Q&As about digital courseware in practice.

Adaptive Learning 117

Adaptive Learning Kaplan Course Software 117

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2016

It last raised $7 million in a Series B round led by Kaplan Ventures. Code School was acquired by Pluralsight for $36 million in January 2015. Hundreds of business organizations also subscribe to Treehouse to help train their employees, he adds. The company has raised more than $12 million in venture capital.

Kaplan 60

Kaplan Company Mobility Training 60

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Via KPCC : “ Ref Rodriguez has given up the role of president of the Los Angeles Unified School Board – but is not resigning his seat on the board altogether – one week after the announcement he’d face felony charges for alleged campaign finance violations during his 2015 run for office.”

Education 48

Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. million in revenue in 2015, and its executive compensation was $2.8 Via The New York Times : “$78,000 of Debt for a Harvard Theater Degree.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. percent of student borrowers who entered loan repayment in 2015 had defaulted within three years.” “The State of Homeschooling in America,” according to Pacific Standard.

Education 55

Education Chegg MOOC Robotics 55

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

In this April 28, 2015 file photo, students wait outside Everest College in Industry, Calif., Two big companies, Kaplan and DeVry, quit APSCU last year. hoping to get their transcripts and information on loan forgiveness and transferring credits to other schools. billion default judgment against Corinthian Colleges Inc.,

Kaplan 40

Kaplan Industry Report Company 40

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). million from the company between 2010 and 2015 before he stepped down from his role there. ” The Wall Street Journal reported in April.

Education 40

Education Technology Company Industry 40

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “A state-court jury in Connecticut on Thursday sided with a fraternity whose house was closed by Wesleyan University in the fall of 2015 after the fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, resisted complying with a university mandate to admit women.” ” Fox.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

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. Via Edsurge : “Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1.” DeVos stepped down as AFC chair last year after President Donald Trump nominated her for secretary.”

Edmodo 45

Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 45

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Federal obligations to universities for science and engineering declined by 2 percent in the 2015 fiscal year, new federal data show.” ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. and from Hacker News. ” Oh look.

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Inside Higher Ed writes about accreditation and the “Fine Print and Tough Questions for the Purdue-Kaplan Deal.” ” (This reminds me of this wretched “ thought experiment ” posted in 2015: “How Soylent and Oculus Could Fix The Prison System.” Accreditation and Certification. inmate problem?

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Both had been acquired by for-profit college companies, a convenient target – no surprise – for entrepreneurial blame at the bootcamps’ failures: Dev Bootcamp was bought in 2014 by Kaplan Inc and Iron Yard was acquired in 2015 by the Apollo Education Group, the parent company of the University of Phoenix.

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Why, for example, would Microsoft famously put out a study in 2015 saying that humans’ attention spans are shorter than goldfish’s? Knewton founder Jose Ferreira formerly worked at Kaplan. And why on earth would we believe that?!). Now, I am not sure I really have “a talk” to give you today.

Knewton 65

Knewton Company Kaplan Facebook 65

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Kaplan Inc has agreed to acquire the College for Financial Planning from Apollo Education Group. Looks like Kaplan Inc isn’t getting out of for-profit higher ed altogether, even with the sale of Kaplan University to Purdue.). It’s an amazing amazing breakthrough. ” From the HR Department.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50