Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2018

And here’s the most surprising part: that online school it bought, Kaplan University, was a for-profit business—part of a sector that’s been criticized for high costs and poor outcomes for students. Kaplan University had been owned by Graham Holdings Company, which used to own the Washington Post until it sold it to Jeff Bezos.

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

acquisition by Kaplan in 2014. It appears that the Kaplan ownership did not stave off the financial concerns for long. But actually, to the contrary, we would have closed much earlier without Kaplan's support. Kaplan bought us time. — Course Report , an aggregator of such programs. You're right, nothing to lose!

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

As John Warner referenced in 2018 , AltSchool sought to create “technology-infused schools that would revolutionize education;” in brass tacks, Ventilla and his team sought to create a network of microschools buoyed by a technology platform containing self-paced courses and curriculum. Money came flowing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Kaplan Test Prep. Kaplan Test Prep is one of the original names in SAT/ACT prep. Founded in 2002 by graduates of the Yale School of Management, Veritas Prep offers live classroom prep courses, interactive online courses, on-demand classes, and private SAT tutoring sessions. Honorable Mention.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

. — A Yale-educated evolutionary biologist and a member of the faculty at Catholic, liberal arts-focused Sacred Heart University, Geffrey Stopper also oversees one of its newest courses: Advanced Craft Beverage Brewing. The courses are being run in partnership with Kaplan and will also be available to alumni. “We

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

Among them is The College Board, which has approved Examity as a remote proctor for the Accuplacer exam, a computer-adaptive test used to assess students’ readiness for introductory college courses. Kaplan also uses Examity for its nursing test-prep services. staff—alongside its business as more and more students take online courses.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

Five years ago I wrote a piece for EdSurge entitled “ Why I’m Optimistic About The Next Wave of Education Technology,” and at the time I wanted to counteract the feelings many were expressing that the edtech bubble was about to burst. More than $1 billion in headline-grabbing transactions are likely to be announced at the event.

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Brainscape

MAY 18, 2022

Let’s start with the first category … Bar course app # 6: BARBRI Study Plan BARBRI is a well-established name in the world of bar prep and for good reason! They have an impressive pass rate and a ton of content, resources, and practice questions for law grads preparing to take on the bar.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2021

As Matt Kaplan, executive director of the Michigan center explains it, “I’m not talking about my classroom, I’m talking about that classroom.” There’s an emotional impact of theater you don’t get through a written case study,” Kaplan says. “It Kaplan says. Were you listening at the faculty meeting?’”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Since Purdue University purchased for-profit Kaplan University last year to create what is now Purdue University Global, faculty members have raised questions and concerns about how these two very different models of higher education would fit together.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2019

Several employers praised companies like Guild Education for connecting them with schools to offer their employees access to college courses and degrees as a benefit. It’s hard to make an informed choice for your child, let alone your employees,” said Jon Kaplan, chief learning officer at Discover Financial.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

To find out more about what the company has in store for students and instructors, schools and colleges, we set up an interview with Zoom … on Zoom, of course. Zoom is hiring folks with years of experience in education technology. I love being able to see how technology is adopted in a way that has an impact on education.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2020

Since then, Weld North Education has acquired Glynlyon , which offers online K-12 courses for intervention and credit recovery, and Assessment Technology Inc. Grayer, who was the CEO of Kaplan for more than a decade before starting Weld North in 2010, said his plan has always been to amass an empire of digital curriculum offerings. “My

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2020

The courses from Minerva are eligible for credit, and in an effort to make the program accessible to all, Global Citizen Year is offering the program with a “pay what you can” tuition model. That said, many also offer financial aid for those who can’t afford the full cost.

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Edsurge

JULY 3, 2018

If Purdue University’s purchase of the for-profit Kaplan University can be thought of as a wedding, there were plenty of people in the audience shouting objections throughout the ceremony. EdSurge: What was your initial reaction to the news that Purdue University would be buying Kaplan to create an online wing?

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2021

Minneapolis June 22, 2021 – Edmentum (edmentum.com ), a global pioneer in education technology, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Apex Learning, a Seattle-based industry leader in digital curriculum and virtual learning with over 20 years of deep expertise providing high-quality, rigorous, and teacher-centered programs.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

This dwarfs the nascent markets for unaccredited microcredentials (perhaps $250 million) or the revenue generated by coding bootcamps ($200 million in 2016, according to Course Report). Meanwhile, a bigger shift is underway in how higher education operates in a world that is increasingly digitized. The Rise of Enablement Businesses.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In fact, Sperling and Murphy went on to found the University of Phoenix, which offered its first online course over the Prodigy network in 1989. University of Central Florida, for example, has increased its total number of enrollments by about 50 percent through online courses.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

She also holds two Master of Science Degrees in Higher Education minoring in Teaching and Learning and Online Technology from Kaplan University now Purdue University. In 2013 Candy received the honor of being awarded Educator-of-the-Year at the Maryland Campus of Kaplan University.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

Grand Canyon Education, which will remain publicly-traded and headquartered in Phoenix, will offer “technological, counseling, marketing, financial aid processing and other support services” to Grand Canyon University, a press announcement says. It will also split revenue with the university.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

So far 30 such content creators have been green-lighted, ranging from high-school teachers and college professors, to brand-name publishers including Kaplan, Penguin Random House, Oxford University Press and Pearson, which is selling a handful of English vocabulary materials.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Hiring Process Has Become More Technology-Driven A key factor I’ve been studying is how employers are thinking about talent and changes in the hiring process, including shifts in their perceptions of college and university and other credentials.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2018

Imagine is owned by Weld North Education, a private equity firm that has amassed a portfolio of more than 10 education technology companies over the years. Technology companies including Google, Oracle and Cisco also gave support through providing hardware and database services.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

In 2013, co-founders and childhood friends Kim Taylor and Cecilia Retelle started Ranku out of the Kaplan EdTech Accelerator, raising $500,000 in seed funding led by Mark Cuban, GSV and Microsoft Ventures. With Ranku, schools can do market research to help develop its courses with real-time reporting on the marketing platform.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2017

What we really see in these boot camps is a lot of career changers,” says Liz Eggleston, co-founder of Course Report, which researches and runs reviews of coding boot camps. which also owns Kaplan, is an investor in EdSurge.). What you need to do is be the guy who knows how to find the answer. D isclosure: Graham Holdings Co.,

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

The former Kaplan executive, who served as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, oversaw 67 acquisitions that turned the test-prep business into a global education services provider. Over the past three years, private equity groups have upped their stake in education technology companies.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

Purdue and Kaplan University stunned the higher education world. We will begin to see the foundation for more course and department sharing in 2018. What will be the most important technological development in higher education in 2018? Terah Crews: Active-learning classroom technology. So what will 2018 bring?

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Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

About two years ago Arizona State University famously inked a deal with Starbucks, allowing its baristas to get steeply discounted (in some cases free) tuition to take online courses from ASU. EdSurge: You have plenty of baristas taking your courses. I think I want to do something in anthropology, so take an anthropology course.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

She also holds two Master of Science Degrees in Higher Education minoring in Teaching and Learning and Online Technology from Kaplan University now Purdue University. In 2013 Candy received the honor of being awarded Educator-of-the-Year at the Maryland Campus of Kaplan University.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

That same year K12 rebranded a number of its resources under a separate legal entity called Fuel Education, focusing on “personalized learning” platforms, as well as consulting, teacher professional development, and online courses. Udell most recently served as CEO of Catapult Learning Inc.,

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2017

In her last gig at Cornell University, Jess Snyder was a study abroad initiative coordinator, helping college students plan courses and trips in Southeast Asia. Guild’s services are also comparable to the recent deal Purdue University made to purchase Kaplan University for $1.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

And thank you too for the theme of this event – your willingness to talk about failures and struggles with education technology rather than, what’s almost always the case, this strange dogma the field demands – that we only offer praise and thanks for the glory of education technology.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2017

EdSurge: So at Minerva you are trying some new teaching techniques—for instance, I hear that in some of your course discussions, when a student is answering a question, the professor can ring a gong, and that student is supposed to stop and another student is asked to pick up and finish the answer. In fact, you're required to. Nonexistent.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 25, 2016

The latest round of deals in the school marketplace underscores investors’ and ed-tech providers’ burgeoning interest in data analytics and instructional technologies. The company told Marketplace K-12 last year that it has partnerships with businesses that will use or already implementing its technology in 20 countreies.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Another aspect of inequity and access can be seen in the consequences of restrictive technology use agreements and imposing technology fees in schools with high free and reduced lunch populations, says Jeffrey McMahon, STEAM teacher leader at John H. Palmer High School. Amesse Elementary. A student at William J.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

I’m also working on a magazine article that’ll come out this fall on education technology and venture capital. ” This happens all the time, of course, and not just at “business of education” conferences. ” “Technology is moving faster than it’s ever moved before.”

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 1, 2016

Humphrey testified that he hired Hubbard on a $7,500-per-month consulting contract to connect him to legislative leaders in other states, as Edgenuity tried to sell digital courses. ” See also: Teachers Like Technology in the Classroom, But Few Think It’s Well Integrated. Former Kaplan CEO Making Big Moves in Education Market.

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