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Binge Watch the Top 25 edWebinars of 2019!

edWeb.net

.” If you get some down time over the holidays, it’s a great time to catch up on some of the most popular edWebinars of 2019! In 2019, our edWebinars had 475,000 views from educators all around the world, in 185 countries. 25 What Kids Are Reading (and Not Reading) in 2019: New Insights for Education Leaders.

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U. of Arizona Bought a For-Profit U. for $1? Actually, the For-Profit Paid Millions to Be Acquired.

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In 2017, Purdue University bought Kaplan University , also for $1. Kaplan University suddenly changed its name to Purdue University Global, and Kaplan, Inc. So the result was that a for-profit university suddenly became a nonprofit, but one that was locked into a long-term contract with Kaplan and shares tuition revenue.

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Who is the Theranos of Education?

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Stanford professor emeritus and former public district superintendent Larry Cuban described in a 2019 blog the stark reality that AltSchool was “ spending $40 million a year and taking in $7 million in revenue … a recipe for financial disaster.” Yet, fast forward to 2022, and AltSchool no longer exists.

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Beer making for credit: Liberal arts colleges add career tech

The Hechinger Report

In a survey conducted by Quest Research and the Kaplan test-prep company, they were four times more likely to say they’d hire an English major with a credential in cybersecurity than an English major without one. “We The courses are being run in partnership with Kaplan and will also be available to alumni. “We Fifteen U.S.

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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 2008 to 2019 we have witnessed a 4,000-plus percent expansion in the number of funded edtech startups, and the best startups can become unicorns.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

She has held several leadership positions with education companies, most recently Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Achieve 3000, Kaplan K12, and Renaissance Learning. In October 2019, they received a certification in Learning Articulate Storyline 360 from LinkedIn.

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Top 25 edWebinars of 2020

edWeb.net

In 2020, our edWebinars have had over 1,300,000 live and on-demand views—nearly triple the number of 2019. This year we’ve hosted 450 edWebinars, 100 more than in 2019. While certain topics have remained popular, we’ve seen changes this year due to the impact of the pandemic.

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