Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

She joined in 2018 after serving as an executive at different education organizations including Kaplan, Charter Schools USA and the New York City Department of Education, where she worked under then-chancellor Joel Klein. They came up with Juvo Ventures, after the Latin word for helping and supporting.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

This year’s 1 3th edition will swamp San Diego’s waterfront for four days and feature 1,000 speakers, including Thomas Friedman and Margaret Atwood, plus the buzziest for-profit companies in our industry. It’s hard to remember now, but many industry colleagues felt edtech was a frothy market in 2017. Onwards and upwards!

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

His career also includes stops at Microsoft, Schoolnet and Kaplan. Everyone once in awhile they decide they want to get into education,” Palmer says, from Washington Post’s purchase of Kaplan in 1984 and LinkedIn buying Lynda.com in 2015. The Fulton, Md.-based

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Between 2004 and 2011, I worked as an executive in SchoolNet and Kaplan, both of which grew into successful and innovative education companies. The edtech industry made big strides during this era. Kaplan thrived during the decade, growing to more than $2.8 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. billion in 2010. billion in 2010.

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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. And the presence of executives from companies outside of the industry reinforced that point. But several themes continually emerged on stage.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

In a survey conducted by Quest Research and the Kaplan test-prep company, they were four times more likely to say they’d hire an English major with a credential in cybersecurity than an English major without one. “We The courses are being run in partnership with Kaplan and will also be available to alumni. “We

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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. Interesting, indeed—and an important test for Quizlet.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

While it is something of an outlier, the r ecent purchase of for-profit Kaplan University by Purdue University is one of the clearest examples of the ascendance of service-oriented enablement businesses.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2017

A major generational clash is underway, says a foremost expert, and it’s affecting all industries, including education. Gen Z has only known a connected world, and as a result, they don’t draw a distinction between working in an office and working in a coffeehouse—it’s all work; they’re always online,” writes Kaplan.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Dev Bootcamp, a Kaplan-owned coding bootcamp pioneer, announced last week that it will be closing its doors in December. The announcement states: “The industry as a whole is still young and its leaders face the challenge of a nascent market, as well as the demands facing all institutions in the higher education marketplace.”

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2021

“We’ve seen a robust influx of new startups and leaders in education and workforce industries that have introduced solutions to make resources more accessible, streamlined, tech-enabled, and cost-effective,” said Eddie Olson, Managing Director of the OnRamp Education & Workforce Innovation Accelerator at gener8tor.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

I have had a front-row seat to the birth and rise of a disruptive educational offering that has drawn the attention of students, educators, government and industry. Gartner's Hype Cycle describes the five phases of maturity of an industry and is a model for how to think about new technology adoption. The Gartner Hype Cycle.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

And major companies and industry groups are increasingly getting into the credentialing game, exemplified by firms such as IBM and Google. And the European Union, numerous individual countries, and various NGOs – as well as industry groups and educational leaders in the U.S. – are hard at work on standards frameworks.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

The mid-Atlantic region near New Markets’ headquarters in Fulton, Maryland is home to some of the education industry’s biggest names, including Blackboard, EverFi, Laureate Education and 2U. Source: New Markets Education Partners.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Before that, she founded education advisory company Quantum Thinking, was an entrepreneur-in-residence and senior fellow at the Gates Foundation, and worked for Kaplan, Pearson, Ellucian, Blackboard and Oracle. “I I like early market. I like being able to grow and scale things,” Keehn says. “I

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

This broadcast was sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning Company. She is passionate about bringing solutions to the current challenges of the industry. Kaplan Early Learning Company is a leading international provider of products and services that enhance children’s learning. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenters.

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2017

Dev Bootcamp started in 2012 and has since been hailed as one of the country’s first and largest coding bootcamps in an industry that is now saturated by hundreds of competitors. That was one of the reasons that led to its sale to Kaplan in 2014. Yet while expanding to six campuses across the U.S.,

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

The strategy has worked for a few older companies: Kaplan, for instance, began in the test-prep business and has since moved into higher education, corporate training (and a. short-lived experiment in the coding bootcamp industry ). Home-run bets and financial windfalls are rare in the edtech industry. Few Big Exits.

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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. Currently, he predicts, the financiers in the edtech industry will focus on consolidating revenue-generating businesses.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

More recently, we’ve seen the opposite, when Kaplan University sold its daily operations to Purdue University, with the remaining portion of the original company essentially becoming a one-customer OPM for Purdue’s Kaplan-based operation. These decisions are not fundamental value judgments; they are calculations.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2017

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. The student support notion is mainly a selling point,” says Trace Urdan, a for-profit higher education industry analyst.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

a favorite target of critics of the for-profit school industry, has named former Catapult Learning official Stuart J. He also worked for 11 years at Kaplan, at one point serving as president of Kaplan K12 Learning Services, building the organization’s school division, according to biographical information released by K12.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 9, 2016

Previously, Grayer was CEO of Kaplan, the education company that grew into a $2 billion business over his 14-year tenure. Our industry requires it,” he said. Former Kaplan CEO Makes Big Moves in Education Market. Follow @EdWeekMMolnar and @EdMarketBrief for the latest news on industry and innovation in education.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 20, 2015

The program will allow students to both take courses and work alongside industry players. They function in a much more rational and effective manner than most colleges and universities, most not-for-profits, clearly because they’re profit-driven,” Mr. Kaplan said. The inaugural class will begin coursework next week.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

He could make cuts, but that was complicated in his industry, and would likely only speed the downward spiral. And for all of the work it’s done to reduce the number of dropouts, the higher education industry has so far barely moved the needle. By 2016, annual expenses had begun outpacing operating revenues by $14 million.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

work with Best Buy, Kaplan and Khan Academy. their classes in the last year have seen students’ work recognized in published papers and presented at industry conferences. Microsoft’s cloud service, Azure, doesn’t fall too far behind, having launched in 2010 and doing business with GE Healthcare and DocuSign.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Technology is changing the way almost all industries work beyond recognition. They need to target what the best practitioners decide and do now , not decades ago, as well as where those industries are going. Bror Saxberg is Chief Learning Officer of Kaplan Inc.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Now in its seventh year, the annual gathering brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, educators and industry experts from around the world for four days stacked with panel discussions , workshops , an expo hall , meetups , film screenings —plus plenty of after-hours shindigs. Thursday, March 9 K-12 9:30 a.m.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own. ”) How accurate are her observations?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

He ran Kaplan as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, during which he oversaw 67 acquisitions and more than doubled the company’s revenue—to nearly $2 billion —by the time he left. The Kaplan Connection With Glynlyon under its fold, Grayer claims that Weld North Education’s suite of tools will reach more than 6 million U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Founded by a global team of entrepreneurs, industry experts, and professionally trained, award-winning educators with decades of international experience, YaizY rapidly expanded to the US late last year. The investment is coming from LearnStart , Flyer One Ventures , YellowRockets.vc , Angelsdeck , A.Partners , Vesdar Capital, and ALFIN.

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2017

Even the sale of Kaplan University to Purdue University represents a different competitive approach. So, I don't think it's an appropriate time in the evolution of our industry to talk about share gains. I did say to the CEO of Kaplan, who's a good friend, "Welcome to our space." 3U, 4U, 5U, 6U. Absolutely!

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In other words, the digital university welcomes older, working, nontraditional learners who gravitate to online degrees to overcome workforce obstacles that prevent many without a degree from earning their fair share in today’s often-bewildering, post-industrial economy.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

These are the technology industry’s dragons. The ghosts of broken promises. The haunted closet where the overhead projects and mimeos and discarded machines reside. Montessori. Zuckerberg. Illich. . … As long as you are making rich guys richer, you are not disrupting the austerity. You are one of its top facilitators.”

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2021

Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. “My Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. They’ve moved on.”).

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

In an interview with EdSurge at the conference, General Assembly CEO Jake Schwartz said he was excited to continue to lead the operation, which will retain the brand and operate as a division of Adecco, and gain better connection to industry partners through the new parent company. But its education officials are looking for outside help.

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Hack Education

JULY 22, 2017

Within the past week, two well-known and well-established coding bootcamps have announced they’ll be closing their doors: Dev Bootcamp, owned by Kaplan Inc., But some industry observers have suggested we might see more “consolidation” in the coming months. Two closures might not make a trend … yet.

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