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. Related: Personalized learning gives students a sense of control over chaotic lives. SACRAMENTO, Calif.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

General Assembly, one of the pioneers of the “bootcamp” model for coding and technical-skills training, found a buyer : the Swiss HR firm Adecco Group. Maia Sharpley , who spent 9 years as vice president for strategy and innovation with Kaplan , is now a full partner with Learn Capital. The Biggest Deal of the Week….happened

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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? ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology. The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. The Business of Job Training. Via the Coursera blog : “What’s Next in Employee Learning: Virtual Reality.” ” Via The New York Times : “At Walmart Academy , Training Better Managers.

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JUNE 23, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Trump Move on Job Training Brings ‘ Skills Gap ’ Debate to the Fore.” ” More on the business of job training in its own section below. Via The 74 : “ Montessori Was the Original Personalized Learning. ” The Business of Job Training.

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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 Business of Job Training. ” Immigration and Education. . ” asks CMRubinworld.

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Hack Education

JULY 6, 2018

” That’s Kaplan , in case you can’t keep all these for-profit disasters straight. The Business of Job Training. ” Via Education Week : “ Texas educators training to shoot back at school shooters.” This article on personalized learning has graphs so it must be true. other drivers?

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Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

The former: Purdue University ; the latter: Kaplan University. The Business of Job Training. ” “ VR Pilot Training Now Comes With a Sense of Touch,” says Wired , which I guess doesn’t know that flight simulators always have ? .” ISTE calls this “ personalized learning.”

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

” The Business of Job Training (and Educational Benefits for Employees). Via Campus Technology : “The University of North Dakota has teamed up with for-profit training company Woz U to provide short-term technology education programs.” From Pearson : “ AI-based tutoring : A new kind of personalized learning.”

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Hack Education

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. ” The Business of Job Training. EverFi also announced this week that it’s acquired the online compliance training company Workplace Answers. Or something else?

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

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.). The online training company has raised $76 million total. Good job, team.).

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Perhaps the district didn’t know what New York City learned when it audited its old data portal : it found that less than 3% of parents had ever logged in. There are a variety of reasons for this: language barriers, lack of Internet access, incompatible devices, lack of training. Brain Training. You're sexist. Unbundling".

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JULY 14, 2017

On the US House of Representatives’ proposed budget : “$2 Billion for Teacher Training, Salaries Eliminated in House Budget Plan,” Education Week reports. Kaplan is closing Dev Bootcamp , a coding bootcamp it acquired in 2014. The Business of Job Training. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. .”

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents.” There is some exciting Udacity news in the job training section below too. The Business of Job Training. .” The college in question: Northwest Suburban College. ” Of course.

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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.” The Business of Job Training. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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MARCH 9, 2018

” Via The Conversation : “ Purdue-Kaplan deal blurs lines between for-profit and public colleges.” ” There’s more on the new Kaplan in the accreditation section below. Via Pacific Standard : “ Purdue University Gets the Final Approval on Its Plan to Convert Kaplan Into a Non-Profit College.”

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