Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. Kaplan thrived during the decade, growing to more than $2.8

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 143

Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

Ultimately, Ventilla and his co-founders stepped aside, and AltSchool rebranded to Altitude Learning after a firesale to Higher Ground Education. He wrote: “And what did Ventilla learn as he stepped aside as leader. But when she learned that “his products didn’t end up doing what they claimed to do,” she wasn’t surprised.

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Knewton Education Kaplan Company 218

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

Kaplan also uses Examity for its nursing test-prep services. In such a scenario, “we have technology that works behind the scenes, and that information is shown to a proctor, who will make a judgment call” if the system detects anything fishy, says London.

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Online Learning ProctorU Kaplan Coursera 122

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. Purdue University Global may be unlike any other university in the country.

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Kaplan Instructional Materials Report Policies 72

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Maia Sharpley’s career in education includes serving in executive positions with the New York City Department of Education, Kaplan and Charter Schools USA. Since 2018, she has been a partner at Learn Capital, a venture capital fund focused on the global education sector. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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Udemy Kaplan Industry Coursera 109

eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2021

Minneapolis June 22, 2021 – Edmentum (edmentum.com ), a global pioneer in education technology, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Apex Learning, a Seattle-based industry leader in digital curriculum and virtual learning with over 20 years of deep expertise providing high-quality, rigorous, and teacher-centered programs.

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Edmentum Industry Kaplan Learning 52

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 1, 2022

High-Impact Tutoring: An Equitable, Proven Approach to Accelerate Learning. Improve Student Assessment and Learning with Asynchronous Video. Impacting Student Achievement with Project-Based Learning and STEM. Systems Leadership for Equity Part 1: Belonging and Support for Equity. Have a happy and healthy holiday!

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Kaplan Strategy Outcomes Assessment 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2020

The products in Weld North’s current portfolio—Edgenuity and Imagine Learning—largely offer materials developed for supplemental, intervention and remedial purposes. And even though some have been used as core materials in a handful of districts, “we couldn’t meet the core curriculum needs of most school systems,” says Grayer.

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Kaplan Company Education Libraries 85

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. So what does that mean for educators? Well, buckle up and hold on.

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Kaplan E-rate Smartphone Mobility 106

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2018

If Purdue University’s purchase of the for-profit Kaplan University can be thought of as a wedding, there were plenty of people in the audience shouting objections throughout the ceremony. EdSurge: What was your initial reaction to the news that Purdue University would be buying Kaplan to create an online wing?

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Kaplan Comparison Accessibility Course 65

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

If you are learning about the mini-conference right before or during the event, please join LearningRevolution.com and while you are waiting for your approval we will have a special link for you to use to join the sessions. What tools and methods will be discussed on “What makes online learning effective and engaging to the student?

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Conference Kaplan Learning Libraries 41

Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2019

Education as an employee benefit Learning doesn’t stop once you land a job. It’s hard to make an informed choice for your child, let alone your employees,” said Jon Kaplan, chief learning officer at Discover Financial. And the presence of executives from companies outside of the industry reinforced that point.

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Kaplan Company Industry Outcomes 73

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Are students of color getting represented appropriately and are decisions being made to support them and their learning?”. The reality is that in most school governance systems, young people are systematically marginalized … and students play absolutely no role.” “Who is the school board really representing?” said Mendoza.

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Kaplan Policies Report System 141

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

If you are learning about the mini-conference right before or during the event, please join LearningRevolution.com and while you are waiting for your approval we will have a special link for you to use to join the sessions. What tools and methods will be discussed on “What makes online learning effective and engaging to the student?

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Conference Kaplan Learning Libraries 36

Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 1, 2016

Edgenuity today announced its acquisition of Compass Learning, bringing together two well-known ed-tech companies whose digital offerings will now span kindergarten through 12th grade. headquarters and the Austin, Texas, offices of Compass Learning. headquarters and the Austin, Texas, offices of Compass Learning. Company Exec.

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Blended Learning Kaplan Learning Common Core 40

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

In 2013, co-founders and childhood friends Kim Taylor and Cecilia Retelle started Ranku out of the Kaplan EdTech Accelerator, raising $500,000 in seed funding led by Mark Cuban, GSV and Microsoft Ventures. It was a super intense learning curve for me, someone that was an experienced digital marketer.

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Kaplan Software Company Microsoft 60

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.

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Pearson Kaplan Company Education 84

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

This idea of the bundled set of services, including a financial risk sharing service in the form of a revenue sharing agreement, predates online learning by almost 20 years. So his group proposed a revenue-sharing agreement, where it would develop and run the programs in exchange for a percentage of the revenue for a number of years.

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Kaplan Company Trends Examples 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2016

This piece was written for The White House Symposium on the Future of Education R&D and Digital Learning, which took place on Oct. This has profound implications for our education and training systems—we will need to be much more systematic and efficient to help many more learners succeed in the long haul.

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Learning Education Outcomes Training 60

MindShift

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Are students of color getting represented appropriately and are decisions being made to support them and their learning?”. The reality is that in most school governance systems, young people are systematically marginalized,” he said, “and students play absolutely no role.”. “Who is the school board really representing?” said Mendoza.

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Kaplan Learning Policies Report 41

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. For instance, Weld North acquired Compass Learning , a suite of digital math and English curriculum materials, in August 2016 and combined it with Edgenuity.

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Symantec Kaplan Company EdTech 66

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Levy, head of the country’s largest school system, is pushing music and poetry in a system plagued with rats, guns and crumbling school buildings. The school system did a terrible job.”. He offered advice on everything from fundraising to education technology and online learning. Thursday, May 11, 2000.

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Kaplan Report System Mobility 78

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

The firm plans to invest up to $5 million into Series A, Series B and recapitalization rounds for education companies serving pre-kindergarten to professional learners, with a focus on digital learning, learning sciences, analytics and workforce development services. The only acquisition with a disclosed valuation was Questar’s $127.5

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EdTech Blackboard Kaplan Company 95

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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Trends Kaplan Company System 41

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Creating authentic learning opportunities to equip a diverse body of students to identify and solve the world’s problems will require risk and change. Many educators are looking beneath the surface inequities of devices and connectivity to consider how digital tools can revolutionize learning and address even deeper inequities.

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Accessibility STEM Robotics Elementary 86

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2016

We want computer science students and faculty to experience Google Cloud Platform and learn what’s possible when you apply cloud computing to tough problems, just like we do at Google,” says Bram Bout, director of Google for Education. work with Best Buy, Kaplan and Khan Academy. The grant is only offered in the U.S.

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Microsoft Accessibility Google Khan Academy 60

Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

There’s been a lot of talk about the recent deal that involves Purdue University buying for-profit Kaplan University, which surprised many people (and the faculty have signed a resolution opposing it). So maybe they think, “I think I want to be a science major, so take solar systems astronomy.” “I I expect other universities to do it.

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Course Kaplan Company Outcomes 122

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Nancy Lee Sanchez, in red, executive director of the Kaplan Educational Foundation, with students she advises. A student at a Massachusetts private college learns midway through a semester that his financial aid is less than he expected. Photo: Michael Hunnicutt. Lots of these trivial things that occur.”.

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Kaplan Dropout Libraries System 40

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2017

We went on this two-year journey to find a better system. Next year, we're just going back to that first system, because ultimately we don't really want a student to miss any class, but sometimes it is inevitable. Exactly, we told them how many to miss and not that this was a maximum. You can't switch your major then.

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Kaplan Course Pearson Study 68

eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The Yaizy team led by CEO Vitaly Gordon is on a mission to become the most trusted online learning platform inspiring students to turn their passions into professions. The investment is coming from LearnStart , Flyer One Ventures , YellowRockets.vc , Angelsdeck , A.Partners , Vesdar Capital, and ALFIN.

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System Kaplan EdTech Industry 98

Hack Education

APRIL 16, 2018

Venture capitalists are important, increasingly so as Silicon Valley technologies play a more and more powerful role in our personal lives and in our political (and education) system. The organization has promised to spend billions in the coming decade on “personalized learning.”

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Kaplan Company Coursera Policies 44

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.

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Hack Education

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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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

A bit of history: Around the turn of the twentieth century, folklorists – many most academics at the time – became particularly enthralled with creating classification systems. Not a list of titles; a classification system of tale types. Learning objects. Learning portals. The Clever Fox. The Magic Ring.

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Technology Education Robotics System 0

edWeb.net

AUGUST 6, 2020

It requires educators to deeply understand how institutional racism comes to be and manifests in environments where young students learn. Race, as an invented concept, has resulted in an unjust system with powerful ramifications and functions in subversive and oppressive ways. Is My Classroom Equitable?

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Kaplan Education Policies System 98

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The system is a little weird, since you can''t see all of the proposals in one area (they are categorized into primary, secondary, and tertiary blocks based on arbitrary ordering of session submissions by one individual), but here are direct links to panel proposals I made: "School 2.0: Another big step for gesture-based learning ?

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Khan Academy Education STEM Blackboard 44

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2021

Alex Harris, who works with students on the autism spectrum, learned he couldn’t obtain the academic transcript he needs for a promotion and a raise because of a bill he owes to Springfield College for expenses he didn’t know weren’t covered by financial aid. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report.

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Advocacy Kaplan Policies Report 97