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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. Research Quest: Free Middle School Science Project-Based Learning Unboxing the Lenovo Flex 5i: The Best Chromebook. 8 Important Generative AI Use Cases in the.

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3 things schools must know about the rising “phigital” student

eSchool News

In an article published in, of all places, Delta’s Sky Magazine , writer Allison Kaplan details her interview with generational expert and author David Stillman on how Generation Z will begin graduating from college this year and what businesses should expect. “Gen So what does that mean for educators? Well, buckle up and hold on.

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October 24 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Updates and Upgrades Google announced a change to the way it will sell its new Chromebooks. Then, during years 2 and 3 of the contract, schools will pay $5 per month per Chromebook for support. (Hopefully, that''s what students remember and not the rude or snarky comments that friends may leave as pseudo-definitions!)

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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.” “ Microsoft is really scared of Chromebooks in businesses and schools,” according to The Verge. ” Fox. .

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Founded in 2008 by a former Kaplan executive Jose Ferreira, Knewton was one of the most heavily funded ed-tech startups of the decade. There were several high profile closures of bootcamps — Dev Bootcamp, owned by Kaplan Inc., This product is a piece of s**t,” one doctor said. Not that’ll stop education from adopting it, of course.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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.). Chromebooks. It’s an amazing amazing breakthrough. ” Yay.