The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Senate Education Committee began work this week sifting through the 800-some-odd-page reauthorization for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Updates and Upgrades Google announced a change to the way it will sell its new Chromebooks. The last revision to the law gave us No Child Left Behind.

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APRIL 28, 2017

Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. Via Techcrunch : “As Chromebook sales soar in schools, Apple and Microsoft fight back.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Or something else?

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JUNE 16, 2017

An op-ed in Inside Higher Ed from EAB’s Melanie Hoe : “What the Purdue-Kaplan Deal Means for You.” ” Via Education Dive : “The Purdue-Kaplan Earthquake.” Via The New York Times : “ New York to Shorten Standardized Tests in Elementary and Middle Schools.” ” Fox. .”

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” Kaplan Inc has agreed to acquire the College for Financial Planning from Apollo Education Group. Chromebooks. ” Yay. Storify is shutting down.

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