Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2018

And here’s the most surprising part: that online school it bought, Kaplan University, was a for-profit business—part of a sector that’s been criticized for high costs and poor outcomes for students. Kaplan University had been owned by Graham Holdings Company, which used to own the Washington Post until it sold it to Jeff Bezos.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. At the Telstar Freshman Academy in Maine, service learning is included as part of the curriculum. This style of learning, this family atmosphere that we have here, it’s a real positive in kids’ lives,” Dole said.

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MindShift

JUNE 27, 2019

Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report). Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report ). Together, they created a curriculum that incorporates state academic standards into personalized learning projects that reflect students’ particular needs and interests, such as caring for the campus goats and planting a self-sustaining classroom garden.

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