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Where do Brainscape's certified MBE flashcards come from? (And are they legit?)

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These instructors then scoured textbooks, past exams, and materials by top bar prep courses like BarBri, Themis, Critical Pass, BarMax, Kaplan to ensure that our MBE flashcards weren't missing any of the important concepts that others were covering. No publisher or course provider could know that stat perfectly.

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Teachers Are Turning to AI Solutions for Assistance

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At the beginning of the year, 60 percent of students scored a preliminary benchmark math score of 9 out of 48 , indicating to district math specialist George Regan that it might be helpful to introduce a machine learning–based teacher assistant into the classroom as part of a small-group rotation. .

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Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access

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Officials for the group tell EdSurge that the goal is to partner with others to support projects that build better student engagement in online courses or support better college and career outcomes. The idea is to be a catalyst within this ecosystem,” she said.

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By Putting Tensions on Stage, Colleges Aim to Change Campus Culture

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After watching actors perform a sketch titled “The Joke,” they talked in small groups about how familiar its themes of power and exclusion felt. 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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Purdue Global Drops Requirement That Professors Sign Nondisclosure Agreements

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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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Mark Cuban, ECMC Lead $1.8M Round for Cluster to Develop Industrial Tech Talent

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million in a seed round led by Mark Cuban and ECMC Group, an education nonprofit. She previously worked in online education marketing, helping places including Kaplan, University of Phoenix and 2U recruit students. It’s in this niche where Cluster operates, and is growing. The Culver City, Calif.-based based startup has raised $1.9

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Who is the Theranos of Education?

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The overarching story goes as follows: adaptive learning platform Knewton was founded in 2008 by former Kaplan executive Jose Ferreira, affectionately described by Michael Feldstein as a snake oil salesman. But, don’t worry—they had plenty to say about Knewton. The company raised $182 million, but only sold for $17 million.

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