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“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2. Khan Academy, for example, had $27.9 Via The New York Times : “$78,000 of Debt for a Harvard Theater Degree.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “The as-yet unnamed online university resulting from the proposed acquisition of Kaplan University by Purdue University has set discounted tuition rates for in-state students and free tuition for Purdue employees.” Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. ” This new school is a result of Purdue’s acquisition of the for-profit Kaplan University. Subscription boxes for teachers are somehow “ personalized learning.” ” asks Inside Philanthropy.

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The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. ” Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ IBM’s Watson Education , an artificial intelligence platform that uses data trends to provide insights to teachers and students, is partnering with Edmodo and Scholastic in an effort meant to personalize learning.”

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Purdue University is buying Kaplan University for a dollar. Me, I wrote about how far Kaplan Inc ’s reach is in education politics and products. “ Snapchat ’s smart pivot into an AR company but is AR ready for learning?” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. Or something else?

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Via Edsurge : “Why Donald Graham Sold Kaplan University to Purdue for $1.” He’s referring to “ personalized learning ,” but might as well be any buzzword when you frame the headline that way, bud.). ” Edsurge profiles MEDSKL , which is like Khan Academy but for medical school.

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So not surprisingly, as tech executives sought to open their own, private schools, they have turned to a largely imagined legacy of progressive education, often referring to their experiments as “Montessori 2.0” — Sal Khan’s Lab School and Max Ventilla’s AltSchool , for example. Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck.

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