edWeb.net

JUNE 24, 2020

In an edWebinar sponsored by the Kaplan Early Learning Company, “Happy and Calm: The Best Tools for Mindfulness Now,” children’s yoga expert and award-winning recording artist Bari Koral introduced mindfulness exercises that can help children reduce the “noise” of negativity to improve their well-being over the long term. About the Presenter.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2020

When classroom learning moved online in March due to COVID-19, we saw an incredible increase in educators coming to edWeb to view edWebinars, and attendance has remained high since. How to Create a Joyful Virtual Classroom Community. Teaching Systematic and Differentiated Word Study During Guided Reading.

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MAY 31, 2017

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. So what does that mean for educators? Well, buckle up and hold on. Digital is King.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

To date, more than 300 million of these study sets have been created. Most of the materials currently available come in the form of pre-packaged flashcards and study sets, which users can purchase. The company claims it can predict what users may need or want to study next, based on data collected about their study habits.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Our #1 program of the year, Understanding and Addressing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom, hosted by Kaplan Early Learning, has had over 4,500 live and on-demand views. 1 Understanding and Addressing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom. # 5 Strategies to Improve Behavior and Instruction in the Classroom. #

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Before that, she founded education advisory company Quantum Thinking, was an entrepreneur-in-residence and senior fellow at the Gates Foundation, and worked for Kaplan, Pearson, Ellucian, Blackboard and Oracle. “I Even as students go back to the classroom, the world is open to them now,” Keehn says. I like early market.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 8, 2012

According to a recent article in Reuters , my former boss John White is disrupting traditional schooling with a model that I like because it puts students first and gives them MANY more choices and flexibility beyond the traditional walls of the school or classroom where so many students are currently trapped today. I want more ».

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Photo Credit: Marisa Kaplan This week I talked with other educators who shared their powerful stories: Elaine Mendez (an instructional coach from Belleville Public Schools) and AJ Bianco (a 7th and 8th grade Social Studies teacher from Harrington Park School)—who learned to make mistakes and show off their nerdy sides.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The committees are housed within the Chicago school district’s social science and civic engagement department, which promotes civic engagement in and out of the classroom through K-12 social studies curriculum, service learning and civics-focused project-based learning. Monica Braine produced the audio segment for this story.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2021

Andy Kaplan, Managing General Partner at Education Growth Partners, Apex’s prior investor, said “We look forward to seeing Apex and Edmentum further raise the bar for digital learning and better prepare students for success. For more information, visit edmentum.com.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2020

This week, REINVENTING SCHOOL focuses on the spectacular rise in interest in pod schools--small groups of students studying with one or more teachers in an environment that is both similar to, and different from, traditional school. If you miss the LIVE show, we'll post the recorded version early next week on our YouTube channel at [link].

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Bell 1:30 PM Empowering Students in a Distance Learning Environment with John Spencer (60 minutes) 3:00 PM Personalizing the Online Classroom Through Creative Teaching and Learning (60 minutes) with Candy Mowen 4:00 PM Rethinking Students Evaluations as a Tool to Improve Online Instruction (30 minutes) with Steven J.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

DEFINING EQUITY: EMPATHY, AUTHENTICITY, AND ACCESS Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, William J. Although we often talk about digital equity in terms of trying to fill deficits, says Sean Wybrant, digital media studies teacher at William J. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs. Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2015

But the move from STEM to STEAM can also impact the way students synthesize abstract mathematical concepts and make new brain connections, according to Denise Douglas-Faraci an associate professor at Kaplan University’s college of education who frequently works with teachers at the intersection of art and math. Escher, for instance.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2017

There are no classroom buildings, and instead students take all classes online via webcam. Even so, students are required to live in the same city and occasionally meet in person for study and projects (and each semester they move to a new city around the world). The professors log in remotely, so they can live anywhere.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The committees are housed within the Chicago school district’s social science and civic engagement department, which promotes civic engagement in and out of the classroom through K-12 social studies curriculum, service learning and civics-focused project-based learning. Monica Braine produced the audio segment for this story.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

One recent study found “widespread acceptance of alternative credentialing programs at American colleges and universities.” Panelists in this discussion will discuss the study’s findings and the evolving attitudes towards alternative credentials in the workforce. But will VR and AR live up to its hype? Thursday, March 9 K-12 9:30 a.m.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

A recent research brief co-authored by Barr for the early-childhood nonprofit Zero to Three cites a trove of studies showing that video chat with adults helps toddlers learn to imitate new actions, locate objects in the real world and learn new vocabulary. Marisa Kaplan contributed research. That’s just how kids are built.”

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 6, 2020

Anti-racist education in early childhood classrooms is far more than a multicultural lesson or two. Is My Classroom Equitable? Many teachers believe their classrooms are bias free. It is not enough to focus on prejudice and bias only in the classroom. Anti-Racist Education: How to Get There.

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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. These inequalities affect what sorts of education technology appears in the classroom and how these products are used.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

I want to talk briefly about Folklore Studies here not so much to tout my academic qualifications to speak to you here today about monsters – quite the opposite really. Folklore Studies, for its part, did a bit of both. We’ve welcomed monsters into our schools, our classrooms, our homes. Montessori. Zuckerberg.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Classroom 2.0 The online study tool StudyBlue has launched a new Facebook app called " Friends with Brainefits." The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that an investment firm run by Jonathan Grayer, the former CEO of Kaplan, has acquired Learning House , a company that helps colleges develop online degree programs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Digital students study at home or while commuting to and from work, often late at night after the kids are asleep. Just the other day, Purdue University, in partnership with Kaplan and edX, announced three new MOOC-based engineering degrees for under $25,000. A conventional college requires enormous investments in soft, grassy grounds.

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techlearning

JULY 24, 2018

Today, the platform includes more than 1,000 captivating, standards-aligned lessons on topics ranging from English and Social Studies to Science and Math. Before joining Flocabulary, he served as longtime COO and General Manager at BrainPOP, Interim President at Achieve3000, and as Executive Director of Operations at Kaplan Test Prep.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Emily Kaplan, for The Hechinger Report. The one submitted by Maria Garcia, a senior in her independent study class, stopped her cold. For students like Maria, “working hard” means crafting a customized course of study with an assigned teacher — in her case, Ms. Emily Kaplan, for The Hechinger Report. SACRAMENTO, Calif.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

It’s led by a tandem of familiar faces in the edtech investing scene: Learn Capital partner-and-everyman Michael Staton, and Don Burton, who has built his own portfolio of dozens of startups through his time running the Kaplan EdTech Accelerator and EDGE Edtech Accelerator. I hope that’s not our legacy.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2017

Yet academics are not the main reason student drop out; according to a study from Inside Track , it’s the fifth most important factor. In fact, a freebie option is emerging as some schools are adopting Google Classroom as a lightweight LMS. Kaplan , Princeton Review , Tutor.com … the list goes on and on.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

While most of the headlines this week about Puerto Rico addressed the fact that a Harvard study found the death toll from Hurricane Maria hit almost 5000, Edsurge runs with a happy story about the island : “Months After a Devastating Hurricane, Puerto Rican Schools Turn to the Sun.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

.” Via the AP : “A judge ruled Friday that school districts [in Florida ] can’t hold 3rd graders back just because they score badly on a mandated standardized reading test, saying that classroom grades and teacher evaluations have to be considered.” ” “ Salesforce on Thursday announced a donation of $8.5

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

A 2017 study by New York City’s Independent Budget Office found that black and Hispanic children not only start out behind their Asian and white peers on the annual ELA and math exams in third grade, but they continue to slip further and further behind each year.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Vox on segregation in US public schools : “We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. ” This new school is a result of Purdue’s acquisition of the for-profit Kaplan University.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

Via Education Week : “Congress Budget Deal Bans New Gold-Standard Studies of Federal Vouchers.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “There’s a Reason the Purdue - Kaplan Deal Sounds Too Good to Be True.” ” Banning research on school vouchers ? Gee, I wonder why.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 31, 2018

And before you sic your PR team on me, yes, I realize that Purdue Global is not a for-profit, even though it’s mostly a rebranded Kaplan. Speaking of bro culture company tech, “ Oculus is bringing its Rift and Go VR headsets to classrooms around the world,” says The Verge. A new study suggests it should spend more.”

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Hack Education

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.” ” “More Than Half of School Expenditures Spent on Classroom Instruction ,” says the Census Bureau. ” Fox. .”

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Hack Education

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. ” Google announces more updates to its pseudo-LMS, Google Classroom. A report via Google Research : “ Unconscious Bias in the Classroom.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. Students don’t pay attention to lectures, they would argue. They’re distracted.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

What Happens in My Classroom During a Lockdown Drill Should Horrify Americans,” writes K. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents.” Wikispaces Classroom (and free wikis from the company, now owned by TES ) joins the ed-tech dead pool.

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