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TeachThought - Learn better.
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Thinking About Your Content Area: Kaplan’s Depth & Complexity Chart by TeachThought Staff Framing content is among the most powerful strategies teachers have to engage students and promote deep understanding of content. The post Thinking About Your Content Area: Kaplan’s Depth & Complexity Chart appeared first on TeachThought.
Edsurge
APRIL 27, 2017
Purdue University agreed today to buy one of the largest for-profit universities, Kaplan University, and turn it into a public, non-profit university in the Purdue system. The sale price for Kaplan University’s 15 campuses was $1 , though with one important catch: The new nonprofit university operated by Purdue promised to give a percentage of its revenue back to its former owner, Kaplan, Inc., Before the sale, Kaplan University was not exactly thriving.
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eSchool News
AUGUST 30, 2016
Kaplan Test Prep is launching a free, live PSAT preparation program beginning October 1, with lessons that cover every section of the exam. Free for all students, Kaplan’s PSAT Prep Live will give the 3.8 The PSAT is the kickoff to the college admissions process, and a great score can get students on the college radar for recruitment and scholarship money,” said Lee Weiss, vice president of college admissions programs, Kaplan Test Prep.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 15, 2017
Purdue University President and the former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels recently announced plans to acquire seven for-profit schools and colleges from Kaplan University — along with more than 30,000 online students and some 3,000 current Kaplan employees. The Senate also questioned how faculty governance and academic freedom would be assured at the newly created university, and it called for a rescission of the decision by Purdue to acquire Kaplan. Donald Farish.
MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 5, 2019
Teacher Diane Kaplan has selected several strategies to implement right away. Book Reviews Teaching Insights Austin Volz Diane Kaplan education principles eye on education Julia Higdon research based Routledge William Lidwell
Ed Tech from the Ground Up
APRIL 2, 2015
accelerator digitalpromise donburton edgeedtech jonathanharber kaplan schoolnet startup techstars Each of 10 selected ed-tech startups will receive $170,000 when they are chosen for the first class of this new accelerator in the Big Apple. Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org.
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. Kaplan Launches U.S. cities where Kaplan already maintains other operations and educational services, the company said in a statement. The post K-12 Dealmaking: Kaplan Launches New Practice in U.S.;
Edsurge
MAY 16, 2017
There are many unanswered questions about the unprecedented sale of Kaplan University, a for-profit institution with several online programs but falling enrollments, to Purdue University, one of the top public universities in the nation. To try to get some answers, EdSurge recently sat down with Donald Graham, chairman of Graham Holdings Company, the group that sold the 15-campus Kaplan University to Purdue (for just $1). What are the functions that Kaplan will be providing?
Marketplace K-12
APRIL 1, 2015
Ed-tech Incubators and Accelerators accelerator donburton edgeedtech jonathanharber kaplan schoolnet startup techstars Two ed-tech veterans have joined forces to launch an accelerator in the Big Apple to provide $170,000 in funding to each of 10 selected companies.
Catlin Tucker
JUNE 4, 2022
Student engagement and teacher engagement are reciprocal, so it is not surprising that the lack of student engagement online had a devastating impact on teacher engagement (Roth, Assor, Kanat-Maymon & Kaplan, 2007; Tucker, 2020). Kanat-Maymon, Y., & Kaplan, H.
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. Purdue leaders, meanwhile, say that Kaplan has better outcomes than other for-profits and that it serves an important audience of adult students who aren’t able to go to a traditional campus. EdSurge: Purdue made news last year when it purchased the for-profit Kaplan University.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Purdue University did it in 2017 when it purchased the for-profit Kaplan University , which boasted about 32,000 students, most of them online. Even before the pandemic, big-name colleges and universities were getting serious about online education.
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. —
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Citadel Founder and CEO Ken Griffin and founding or current partners from Comcast Ventures, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Emergence Capital, Hellman & Friedman and Wing Venture Capital also participated in the financing as individual investors. SAN FRANCISCO – Ignite!
Edsurge
AUGUST 7, 2020
In 2017, Purdue University bought Kaplan University , also for $1. Kaplan University suddenly changed its name to Purdue University Global, and Kaplan, Inc. He agrees that the arrangement is similar to the one Purdue and Kaplan did.
The CoolCatTeacher
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Prior to teaching, he has worked in IT and marketing for [Procter & Gamble]( [link] ), Kaplan University (now [Purdue University Global]( [link] )), and [Diagnostic Centers of America]( [link] ). Episode 720 with Kelly Schuster-Paredes and Sean Tibor From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Teaching coding can be challenging and expensive, but our guests Sean and Kelly have a solution.
eSchool News
JANUARY 31, 2022
In addition, Fairlamb has held senior sales leadership roles in well-known organizations such as Frontline Education, Teachscape, and Kaplan K12 Learning Services. “We ATLANTA – Jan.
EdTech Magazine
JUNE 21, 2018
Small and mid-sized districts tend to be the most facile and can move forward quicker,” says Alex Kaplan, global sales leader of IBM Watson Education. “A To get the most out of AI integration, Kaplan emphasizes the need for specific data sets , including grade books and assessments aligned to specific standards. Teachers Are Turning to AI Solutions for Assistance. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 06/21/2018 - 15:06.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 28, 2021
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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 Brandon Busteed, president, Kaplan University Partners.
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. At Kaplan, I came to see even more clearly how government policy drives some of the biggest successes in education technology—and exactly how policy’s invisible hand can be 10 to 100 times more powerful than Adam Smith’s free market when it comes to education. Kaplan thrived during the decade, growing to more than $2.8
edWeb.net
JUNE 24, 2020
This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning Company. Kaplan Early Learning Company is a leading international provider of products and services that enhance children’s learning. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.
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.
edWeb.net
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Every year, we publish a list of the top edWebinars of the year, in case you’re looking for something to binge watch over the holidays. This year we presented over 400 new programs – more than ever!
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
It shut down four campuses after it purchased for-profit Kaplan University in 2018 and converted it to a public four-year university called Purdue Global. Becker College in Worcester, Mass., is one of more than 800 colleges and 9,000 campuses that have closed since 2004. Credit: Jon Marcus.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Prior to Yaizy, at the age of 17 Gordon was an SAT teacher and director of instructional materials at Kaplan, co-founded two successful businesses, was the first international partner of Algorithmics, and a partner at McKinsey for 7 years.
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. In her letter to faculty, Vandenbosch said that a committee had already begun reconsidering the use of the agreement even before media reports about the controversy, and that it was a 10-year-old policy inherited from Kaplan University.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
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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. Coincidentally, all three competitors are currently run by CEOs who previously worked at Kaplan, he noted.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 28, 2021
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The Hechinger Report
JUNE 26, 2019
Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. 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.
edWeb.net
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
If you’re looking for something to binge-watch over the holidays, our top 25 edWebinars for 2021 are a great playlist!
Edsurge
JUNE 16, 2017
Saxberg had previously been Chief Learning Officer at Kaplan Inc. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative said today that Dr. Bror Saxberg will join the organization to “lead our efforts to improve and accelerate the use of learning science and ‘learning engineering.’” 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.
Edsurge
MARCH 14, 2022
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.
Brainscape
MAY 18, 2022
Of course you have to be enrolled for one of BARBRI’s review courses in order to get your paws on the BARBRI Study Plan app, so if you have your heart set on another prep course, like Kaplan or Themis, scootch on ahead to bar prep app # 3 or 4 in this guide.
edWeb.net
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Our #1 program of the year, Understanding and Addressing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom, hosted by Kaplan Early Learning, has had over 4,500 live and on-demand views. “I never know what I don’t know until I attend edWebinars!” ” If you get some down time over the holidays, it’s a great time to catch up on some of the most popular edWebinars of 2017!
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 7, 2018
Kaplan Test Prep. Kaplan Test Prep is one of the original names in SAT/ACT prep. 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. Over seven million will take SAT tests in 2018 in January, March/April, May, June, October, November, or December. Some will take it for the first time; some for the umpteenth time.
eSchool News
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Prior to joining Curriculum Associates, Rob served as CEO of Jumpstart, a national nonprofit preparing preschoolers from low-income backgrounds for success, and as CEO of the K12 tutoring division of Kaplan Education.
edWeb.net
DECEMBER 12, 2019
“This was one of the best trainings I have ever attended—and I have been in education for many, many years.” ” If you get some down time over the holidays, it’s a great time to catch up on some of the most popular edWebinars of 2019!
Edsurge
MARCH 14, 2019
She previously worked in online education marketing, helping places including Kaplan, University of Phoenix and 2U recruit students. The allure of “tech jobs” and the salaries they command have given rise to new industries, from coding bootcamps to specialized recruiters. Yet the likes of Google and Facebook sometimes overshadow sectors that have been—and remain—core to the American economy: industrial manufacturing. It’s in this niche where Cluster operates, and is growing.
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". PrepFactory is a site that offers students free SAT + ACT instructional videos and practice questions (kind of like Duolingo meets Khan Academy, specifically for test prep).
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. New U Venture Partners is getting a new partner.
eSchool News
MAY 31, 2017
In an article published in, of all places, Delta’s Sky Magazine , writer Allison Kaplan details her interview with generational expert and author David Stillman on how Generation Z will begin graduating from college this year and what businesses should expect. 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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