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Philadelphia Principal Tells Publishers How They Can Help Schools

Marketplace K-12

Lisa Ciaranca Kaplan is the principal of Andrew Jackson Elementary in Philadelphia and the national winner of the 2015 Escalante-Gradillas Prize for Best in Education. She described the challenges her school faces at the Association of American Publishers’ Pre-K-12 Learning Group conference.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

” He has backed these initiatives financially; and he has backed the publications and conferences that promote these sorts of efforts. 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. The policy and the discourse.

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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.” Via The New York Times : “ New York to Shorten Standardized Tests in Elementary and Middle Schools.” ” Fox. .”

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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. It’s almost as though the narrative about “failing schools” doesn’t care much about students’ creativity. The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.