The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Melody Serra (top row, center), a former kindergarten teacher, teaches a class to young children over Zoom. BROOKLYN, N.Y. Before I became a journalist, my life was structured according to school bells: I woke up at 6 a.m.,

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2016

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. Free for all students, Kaplan’s PSAT Prep Live will give the 3.8 CodeCombat enhancements available Sept.

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Hack Education

APRIL 16, 2018

The organization has promised to spend billions in the coming decade on “personalized learning.” ” Last time I checked, “personalized learning” is an idea, and not a person; but who gets that money is still worth considering. But we don’t really know where CZIs dollars are going.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Chistopher Edmin (Associate Professor at Teachers College Columbia University) uses history, practice and theory to explore education’s most pressing issues: a lack of diversity among teachers, challenges faced by educators of color, and absence of student voice in the learning design process. to 11:00 p.m. EdSurge 10:45 a.m.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement. There is much to learn from the Meeker report. There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” It’s just not what you think.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

“Each student might only be getting an hour’s worth of screen time,” says Jones, who teaches at AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School in the southeast corner of D.C. “I I don’t think that’s a lot in a day to be in school, but the learning is truly there.” Learning and Video Not all screen time is equal.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Cheshire Cat’s advice to Alice has parallels in higher ed, especially for faculty trying to make sense of the multitude of digital courseware solutions in order to personalize learning for students. Tom Cavanagh, Associate Vice President of Distributed Learning at the University of Central Florida.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

First grader Nevaeh Korsmo reaches for hand sanitizer while doing an online lesson at the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe learning center in Port Angeles. READ THE STORY: To serve kids in the pandemic, a tribe and a Washington school district create a unique learning space. Nursing students at Sacred Heart University.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Emily Kaplan, for The Hechinger Report. Earlier this year, Ricketa Bluford, a teacher at the Elk Grove campus of the Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy (SAVA), assigned her students a personal narrative essay. Many have special needs — previously diagnosed or not — and many are in the process of learning English.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

Topics ranged from early childhood to lifelong learning. Learn Capital is closing on a seed investment vehicle dubbed “ LearnStart ,” which has already invested in a Finnish company, 3DBear. million seed round to build a learning management system modeled after WhatsApp and Slack. Going Global One the most prolific U.S.

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JUNE 1, 2018

The Hechinger Report on personalized learning : “The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed.” I think it’s called “social emotional learning” in education circles though.) Via The Diplomat : “ Online Learning in North Korea.” The Business of Job Training.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. ” The New York Times on “ mastery based learning ” : “A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry.” ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. ” Holy s**t.

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JUNE 23, 2017

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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JANUARY 12, 2018

Congratulations, STEM folks and learn-to-code evangelists, for being featured in President Trump’s list of his 2017 accomplishments. More on the for-profit formerly known as Kaplan University in the online education section below. Subscription boxes for teachers are somehow “ personalized learning.”

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MAY 5, 2017

” Via The LA Times : “Trump is ending Michelle Obama’s ‘ Let Girls Learn ’ initiative, CNN reports.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “There’s a Reason the Purdue - Kaplan Deal Sounds Too Good to Be True.” Can Electrical Stimulation Help Us Learn?”

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. “ Learning Engineers Inch Toward the Spotlight,” Inside Higher Ed claims. “Learning Designers will have to adapt or die. million from Naspers and Learn Capital. million total.

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JULY 6, 2018

” That’s Kaplan , in case you can’t keep all these for-profit disasters straight. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Pearson today signaled an increased focus on artificial intelligence and personalized learning with the appointment of former Intel executive Milena Marinova.” He wrote a very good response.

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JUNE 29, 2018

The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. Via Inside Higher Ed : “Lessons Learned From a Consortium That Fizzled.” Learn How They Are Expanding.” ISTE calls this “ personalized learning.” .” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” asks Edsurge.

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APRIL 28, 2017

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. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Online education pioneer Tony Bates asks “ What is online learning ?” Or something else? a month.). .”

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The university will then begin augmenting its online offerings using machine learning and artificial intelligence products from Amazon. Over time, students will be able to customize their learning experiences using Amazon products such as Kindle and Echo’s Alexa assistant. Well done, team. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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MAY 19, 2017

” That’s the Collegiate Learning Assessment exam (a.k.a. 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.). Good job, team.).

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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JULY 14, 2017

Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. ” “ University of Michigan adds an automated text-analysis tool to a growing program intended to give more students a chance to learn through writing,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ OpenStax Launches Learning Platform.”

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “ Betsy DeVos Visits Bay Area Public School for a Lesson in Personalized Learning.” Via The Washington Post : “A hiccup in Purdue ’s acquisition of for-profit Kaplan University.” ” Roy Moore has just been elected Alabama ’s new Senator. .”

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents.” ” In other learn-to-code news, the press release says that “ Mattel Expands Partnership With Tynker , Setting Goal To Introduce 10 Million Kids To Coding By 2020.” ” Of course.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

I know it’s trend to criticize keynotes and lectures and claim that they’re terrible ways to learn. It’s a great story, particularly if you want to wield that factoid along with a product pitch for more “active learning” – like clicking on things. The Princeton Review? The Gates Foundation?

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MARCH 9, 2018

In addition to the anti-First Amendment supporter Thiel, Jackson also name-dropped her connections to David Horowitz , a long-time advocate for silencing left-learning professors on campus, in order to get her job. ” Via The Conversation : “ Purdue-Kaplan deal blurs lines between for-profit and public colleges.”

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