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Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1

Edsurge

There are many unanswered questions about the unprecedented sale of Kaplan University, a for-profit institution with several online programs but falling enrollments, to Purdue University, one of the top public universities in the nation. Is Kaplan now essentially competing with companies like 2U and other so-called ‘enabler’ providers?

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Teaching Python: How Children Can Learn Python Programming

The CoolCatTeacher

Kelly Schuster-Paredes and Sean Tibor host the Teaching Python Podcast where they share how to help kids of all ages learn this valuable language. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

So many people ask me how to respond to Artificial Intelligence and my response is always, that we need to shift our pedagogical practices into the classroom to the time-tested research-based best practices. Related Episodes A Very Useful Guide to Virtual Classroom Collaboration How to Make Your Own GPT: A Step-by-Step.

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9 Insights For Educators We Learned On A Zoom Call — With Zoom

Edsurge

As early excitement about Zoom gave way to questions and concerns about privacy, security and unequal access, other companies seized the opportunity to elbow their way into the new competition for digital communication tools appropriate for preschoolers and college students alike. But Zoom has held on. It’s high energy.”

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Taming the Amygdala: Staying Calm with Mindfulness

edWeb.net

We are typically not programmed that way because we did not learn when we were children how to respond positively to what overwhelms us. Teaching children how to stay inwardly calm and centered enables them to practice self-regulation and relaxation and develop an appreciation for what is positive in and around them.

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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

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When the bus is the schoolhouse

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Aleah Wolsey, 5, and a former preschool bus attendee, may not recall exact book titles but she learned how to summarize a plot. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report.

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