Brainscape

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

In addition, BoomStartup announced it will be applications for its ed-tech accelerator program, and Kaplan launched a new global leadership and professional development practice. Talentbuddy offers courses and mentorship programs to help developers learn to create complex Web applications. Kaplan Launches U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Even before the pandemic, big-name colleges and universities were getting serious about online education. But we’ve seen an interesting trend in how some state universities have decided to get into online learning—with a big splash. And what does it say about the future of online education, both at colleges and schools?

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2023

What would you do if you had $800 million to build a new nonprofit to support innovation in online learning? The result is a new nonprofit named Axim Collaborative, and its focus will be on serving learners that higher education has historically left behind. Some critics saw the sale to a for-profit company as a breach of trust.

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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

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

JUNE 16, 2017

Bror Saxberg will join the organization to “lead our efforts to improve and accelerate the use of learning science and ‘learning engineering.’” Saxberg had previously been Chief Learning Officer at Kaplan Inc. Jim Shelton, who leads CZI’s education program, announced the move on Facebook. “I

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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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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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edWeb.net

JANUARY 20, 2017

Who is participating the most in professional learning webinars? Early childhood educators! They hosted 260 professional learning webinars in 2016 that were viewed by 165,000 educators – an average of 635 educators per webinar. edWeb.net just completed an analysis of their 2016 webinar viewership stats for 2016.

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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2022

31, 2022 – 7 Mindsets, the leading provider of online social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum and professional development to schools and districts nationwide, recently announced the addition of three executives to its senior leadership team. To learn more, go to [link]. ATLANTA – Jan. About 7 Mindsets.

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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. With students learning to read at twice the rate that would be expected in a traditional classroom setting, Ignite!

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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. Because it’s a place of higher learning, not whispering!

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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. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. BROOKLYN, N.Y. million public and private school students stuck at home.

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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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edWeb.net

JUNE 24, 2020

We are typically not programmed that way because we did not learn when we were children how to respond positively to what overwhelms us. With mindfulness skills in hand, children can learn to tame the amygdala, the part of the brain the helps regulate the “fight-or-flight” syndrome. Mindfulness Techniques to the Rescue.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

London was formerly CEO of Bloomberg Institute, an education startup affiliated with the media company that developed a test to evaluate candidates on their financial knowledge. Online education companies, including Coursera and Duolingo, also use Examity to verify the identities of students who earn certificates. billion in the U.S.

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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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Education Superhighway

APRIL 6, 2020

As part of the new Digital Bridge project, 25 WiFi SuperSpots will be installed in San Francisco to serve students who need to participate in distance learning due to COVID-19 school closures. I want to thank our nonprofit partners for working with us to make sure our students can keep learning remotely.”. About SFUSD.

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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. well-rounded — nicely differentiated tools that address varied student learning styles. Kaplan Test Prep. UWorld SAT Prep. PrepFactory.

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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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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

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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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. I wanted to learn more about her.” The power of education and exposure. Educators from the New Jersey EdSurge Tech Leader Circle. I hesitated.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 26, 2018

Statistics say over the summer, kids lose over two months of math skills, two months of reading skills, and one month of overall learning. Efforts to prevent summer learning loss propel often-unpopular year-round school initiatives and all manner of summer school and summer camps that focus on cerebral topics. Worry no more.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Kids love the learning games and toys they find inside the Rosie Bus, which is set up like a mini-preschool and comes right to the door of children in rural Kentucky who otherwise have few viable preschool options. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. MANCHESTER, Ky.—

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

At the Telstar Freshman Academy in Maine, service learning is included as part of the curriculum. Bailey Fraser, 15 (left), and her stepsister Leah Kimball, 15, volunteer with Edible Bethel during their service learning block. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Augmented reality is emerging in the education space as a tool for motivating children to learn. Using this 3D technology can help students significantly whether they’re struggling to learn reading or math, or just to engage. Augmented reality provides an opportunity to engage students by turning learning into an experience.

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

If you are learning about the mini-conference right before or during the event, please join LearningRevolution.com and while you are waiting for your approval we will have a special link for you to use to join the sessions. What tools and methods will be discussed on “What makes online learning effective and engaging to the student?

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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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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 25, 2022

The Liberation of Education online conference starts today and runs in the evenings (US-Eastern Time) through this Thursday. The Liberation of Education Virtual Conference is bringing together over 30 renowned educational experts to empower parents with skills and resources to transform their child's education.

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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. The Brain and Reading: Why Learning to Read Is Hard and What to Do About It. How Educators Can Respond to Students Experiencing Trauma.

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