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. Kaplan thrived during the decade, growing to more than $2.8 Purdue’s recent acquisition of Kaplan and ETS acquisition of Questar for $127.5 2004-2011: Washington Leans In.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 29, 2017
There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.
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Hack Education
JUNE 1, 2018
The Hechinger Report on personalized learning : “The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed.” ” Wait, so Purdue is gonna run Kaplan and a nuclear lab? Via TPM : “No Test Left Behind – How Pearson Made a Killing on the US Testing Craze.” ” asks Edsurge.
Hack Education
AUGUST 11, 2017
“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. “ Pearson to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees,” says Edsurge. Via the Coursera blog : “What’s Next in Employee Learning: Virtual Reality.”
Hack Education
JUNE 23, 2017
.” The publishers in question are Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson. Testing, Testing… Via Chalkbeat : “Calculator mix-up could force some students to retake ISTEP, and Pearson is partially to blame.” ” The testing firm in question: Pearson. ” ISTEP is the Indiana state standardized test.
Hack Education
MAY 5, 2017
Not ed-tech per se (unless you recognize that “personalized learning” is greyballing), but according to The New York Times , “ Uber Faces Federal Inquiry Over Use of Greyball Tool to Evade Authorities.” The private equity firm Education Growth Partners has acquired Apex Learning.
Hack Education
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.” Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. But the “spying” has continued.
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