Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Even before the pandemic, big-name colleges and universities were getting serious about online education. Purdue University did it in 2017 when it purchased the for-profit Kaplan University , which boasted about 32,000 students, most of them online. We’re digging into those questions for this week's EdSurge Podcast.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

Understandably, there is still some hesitation at the idea of using this technology, as education professionals fear the day robots will replace teachers. Programs like Century Tech use AI to study student engagement and responses in order to help teachers and education administrators understand how their students learn.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2018

When leaders of Purdue University wanted to move into online education, they took the unusual step of buying an existing online university, a big one with 30,000 students. It’s hard to think of another example of two more different higher education cultures placed under the same name.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The concept has become especially embedded in education, ever since schools and universities closed this spring and the video call service became the lifeline tethering students to instructors. And more than 35,000 people from 154 countries participated in its Zoom Academy for K-12 educators at the end of July. I like early market.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Maia Sharpley’s career in education includes serving in executive positions with the New York City Department of Education, Kaplan and Charter Schools USA. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2023

The result is a new nonprofit named Axim Collaborative, and its focus will be on serving learners that higher education has historically left behind. In response, officials at MIT and Harvard highlighted all the potential good that could come for online education with the $800 million windfall from the sale.

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

In an email, the company stated that “we’ve determined that we simply cannot reach a sustainable business model without compromising our mission of delivering a high-quality coding education that remains accessible to a diverse population of students.”. acquisition by Kaplan in 2014. Kaplan bought us time. — We've been. —

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2020

Weld North Education, an education company that has long focused on providing digital intervention and supplemental products in the K-12 market, has acquired LearnZillion , a Washington, D.C.-based Weld North Education also offers an English language arts curriculum developed in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This is a podcast for all education trailblazers seeking the cutting edge of professional growth. As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2021

Despite lofty college mission statements, higher education is not always a welcoming place. These performances strive to educate, entertain—and transform. As Matt Kaplan, executive director of the Michigan center explains it, “I’m not talking about my classroom, I’m talking about that classroom.” Kaplan says.

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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. Americans appear to like the idea of embedding career and technical education into academic degree programs.

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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

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Last summer, the San Francisco-based company invited several dozen educational publishers and organizations to create and sell materials to Quizlet users, as part of a closed beta program. Today, the company announced it is inviting any content creator, including individual educators, to apply for its Premium Content program.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Motivated by a desire to contribute, former educators around the country are returning to the classroom, virtually. And while Serra and the Hofstra medical students provide instruction for free, some educators are taking paid virtual teaching jobs with existing online education outlets.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Reading , a rapidly growing provider of virtual tutoring services that enable K-12 schools to dramatically accelerate student reading progress, closed a $10 Million Series A round of financing, led by Rethink Education.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2017

Now, Snyder is applying her coaching and advising skills in a new setting, at Denver-based higher-ed startup Guild Education. But some say what Guild is doing is simply repackaging what the for-profit education industry has done for a long time—recruiting working students who have access to tuition dollars through their employers.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The education technology investment firm first launched in January 2020 as a partnership between Western Governors University and EPIC Ventures, and raised over $52 million for its first fund. At Kaplan, she managed its online higher-ed business and its edtech startup accelerator, and started a scholarship fund for undocumented students.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2022

Baird also served as chief operating officer for Mosaic Learning and in various executive positions during a 13-year tenure with Laureate Education. Roe has more than 30 years of experience leading marketing and communications teams in publishing and K-12 educational technology organizations.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

This year, we gathered with a community of educators during EdSurge’s Tech Leader Circle at the MakerDepot in Totowa, New Jersey to pause and have a similar moment of reflection. The power of education and exposure. Educators from the New Jersey EdSurge Tech Leader Circle. Seeing her read that book changed me.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

New Markets is bringing back a familiar face to steer its next education investment fund. His career also includes stops at Microsoft, Schoolnet and Kaplan. His newest role—as general partner at New Market Venture Partners—coincides with the first closing on a new education fund. The Fulton, Md.-based

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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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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Thirty-five colleges and universities shut down in 2021, a 70 percent decrease from 2016, when a peak of 120 colleges shuttered, according to an analysis of federal data by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO). Very few of any of these closures took place at public colleges or universities.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Tennant Kirk, the early childhood project director at Berea College’s Partners for Education, nodded encouragingly. Rhyming is an important pre-reading skill, and Rosie’s educators take care that children learn the concept. “I Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) has become a right-of-passage for high school students as they leave formal education and enter the next phase of learning. Kaplan Test Prep. Kaplan Test Prep is one of the original names in SAT/ACT prep. Some will take it for the first time; some for the umpteenth time.

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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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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2017

Saxberg had previously been Chief Learning Officer at Kaplan Inc. Saxberg is widely known through education for his work on the science of learning—namely, research and development that aims to bring an analytical approach to understanding what shapes learning. Here’s a piece he shared with EdSurge on the need for these roles.)

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2019

million in a seed round led by Mark Cuban and ECMC Group, an education nonprofit. Other investors include education technology executives, like Penn Foster CEO Frank Britt and Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig, along with Zynga founder Mark Pincus and Flatiron Health CEO, Nat Turner. It’s in this niche where Cluster operates, and is growing.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2019

Here’s what’s buzzing across an expanding education industry whose focus now spans from early childhood learners to adults throughout their careers. Education as an employee benefit Learning doesn’t stop once you land a job. The truth is: there is privilege in every part of our education, starting in kindergarten,” Duncan said.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 20, 2023

Laughter is more than a mere response to a witty comment or a funny joke; it’s a powerful educational tool that can transform the learning experience for children. Research has repeatedly underscored the value of humor in educational settings. The post 30 Hilarious Kid Jokes about School appeared first on Educators Technology.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2021

June 17, 2021 — MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA — gener8tor , a concierge startup accelerator program, and ECMC Group , a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization with a mission to help students succeed, have selected five startups to participate in the inaugural OnRamp Education & Workforce Innovation Accelerator.

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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. Founded by former Kaplan executive Jonathan Grayer, Weld North has purchased 16 companies since 2010. The other slipped by the newswire with little more than a peep.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Higher Education. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Subscribe today!

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Waldron is the only CEO in the United States’ K–12 education market space to be appointed to the five-person council, which will provide ongoing guidance to the ATP and its global membership. Waldron joined Curriculum Associates in 2008, bringing leadership experience from both the for-profit and nonprofit education worlds.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2017

Cottom, who recently wrote the book “Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy,” is talking about what can happen when traditional non-profit universities partner with for-profit companies and institutions, such as Purdue’s recent decision to acquire Kaplan University. Do you agree?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The high quality of our programs is thanks to our sponsors and partners who host the programs and invite the most innovative and influential educators to present on so many timely topics. How Educators Can Respond to Students Experiencing Trauma. Check your state requirements here. The 25 programs below have had over 120,000 views.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 23, 2015

Their mission is to "bring quality test prep to kids who can''t afford shelling out hundreds / thousands of dollars for the (often mediocre) instruction that the Kaplans and Princeton Reviews of the world provide". This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 1, 2022

edWebinars appeal to all educators, especially teachers and librarians and many paraprofessionals, too. The high quality of our programs is thanks to our sponsors and partners who host the programs and invite the most innovative and influential educators to present on so many timely topics. Check your state requirements here.

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