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.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

5 Essential Strategies to Effectively Teach Letters and Sounds. Story Time STEM with Steve Spangler: Strategies for Connecting Amazing Science with Great Children’s Literature. How Educators Can Respond to Students Experiencing Trauma. Developmentally Appropriate, Play-Based Virtual Instruction for Preschool Children.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 24, 2020

In an edWebinar sponsored by the Kaplan Early Learning Company, “Happy and Calm: The Best Tools for Mindfulness Now,” children’s yoga expert and award-winning recording artist Bari Koral introduced mindfulness exercises that can help children reduce the “noise” of negativity to improve their well-being over the long term. About the Presenter.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

The strategy of adding career and technical education is being quietly rolled out by several traditional higher education institutions, including a growing number of liberal arts colleges that are responding to student and parent demands for a return on their tuition investment by adding practical training that has proven value to employers.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Our #1 program of the year, Understanding and Addressing Challenging Behaviors in the Classroom, hosted by Kaplan Early Learning, has had over 4,500 live and on-demand views. 5 Strategies to Improve Behavior and Instruction in the Classroom. # 11 Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain. #

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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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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 12, 2019

8 Autism and Visual Supports: Powerful Strategies for School, Home, and the Community. # 21 5 Evidence-Based Literacy Strategies for English Learners. # 22 Including Students on the Spectrum: 5 Powerful Strategies. # 21 5 Evidence-Based Literacy Strategies for English Learners. #

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. These events also provide ways for caregivers to meet each other and share their struggles and childrearing strategies. Photo: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2020

3 Big Ideas for Implementing Effective Social and Emotional Learning Strategies. Happy and Healthy at Home: Student Mental Health and Distance Learning. Don’t Look Away: Embracing Anti-Bias Classrooms. How to Build a Partnership with Parents and Families as They Lead Education in the Home. Building Foundations in Reading, Sounds, and Text.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Another important aspect is the use of questioning strategies by the teacher, so the students are encouraged to observe, discuss, predict, experiment, and reach evidence-based conclusions. This broadcast was sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning Company. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenters.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Our most recent national employer survey project, released just last week with IMS Global affiliate 1EdTechFoundation, found that 34 percent of HR leaders say their organizations have skills-based hiring strategies in place today. That’s not at all meant to suggest that colleges’ strategies, offerings and value are perfect, however.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

While it is something of an outlier, the r ecent purchase of for-profit Kaplan University by Purdue University is one of the clearest examples of the ascendance of service-oriented enablement businesses.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

More recently, we’ve seen the opposite, when Kaplan University sold its daily operations to Purdue University, with the remaining portion of the original company essentially becoming a one-customer OPM for Purdue’s Kaplan-based operation. These decisions are not fundamental value judgments; they are calculations.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 3, 2013

When it comes to college about 24% of admission officers admit to tracking applicants on various social media sites to check an applicant’s digital footprint, according to a 2011 Kaplan Test Prep survey. Innovative educators know this is not the best strategy. Knowing how to do that is the job of educator’s today.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Now, I find myself dusting off old strategies and using out-of-shape teaching muscles. Melody Serra (top row, center), a former kindergarten teacher, teaches a class to young children over Zoom. BROOKLYN, N.Y. Until the coronavirus happened.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Many thanks to all of our edWeb partners and sponsors , and special thanks to the sponsors of our Top 25 programs: Gryphon House, Kaplan Early Learning , Monarch Center for Autism , STAR Autism Support , VizZle , Brookes Publishing , Free Spirit Publishing , Frog Street Press , Learning Ally , Square Panda , VIPKID , and Renaissance.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

She received the distinction of CFD (Certified Faculty Developer) from the Learning Resources Network which enables her to train faculty in the latest, most advanced faculty development strategies and techniques. In 2013 Candy received the honor of being awarded Educator-of-the-Year at the Maryland Campus of Kaplan University.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2017

Numbers say the company’s strategy is working: Since January 2017, Guild has helped more than 500 front-of-the-line employees go back to school, and claims to have coached more than 7,000 students since its inception in 2015. Guild’s services are also comparable to the recent deal Purdue University made to purchase Kaplan University for $1.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

As part of the professional development for BDED, the teachers went through a design thinking process to develop strategies to overcome one of the teachers’ main perceived issues and provide more personalized learning for students.

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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 more than two decades, Jonathan Grayer has made a career out of welding educational companies.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The Oakland City Council is committed to funding and implementing the measure if it is approved, said Kaplan, Measure QQ’s author. Mermin said if Oakland’s measure passes she expects it will put pressure on the city of Berkeley and surrounding Alameda County to lower the voting age.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

The strategy has worked for a few older companies: Kaplan, for instance, began in the test-prep business and has since moved into higher education, corporate training (and a. Frontline Education, controlled by Insight Venture Partners, has snapped up another 10—most recently, professional-learning provider School Improvement Network.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 26, 2018

If your students are on the cusp of disliking this subject, change their mind this summer with these sites: Civilization – – a strategy game in which you attempt to build an empire to stand the test of time. Even students who thought they liked history might change their minds.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 25, 2022

I'll share some of the results of a survey of thousands of teachers to find their best advice for the rules and strategies to win at the game of school, and then will discuss what really winning at school means.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

She received the distinction of CFD (Certified Faculty Developer) from the Learning Resources Network which enables her to train faculty in the latest, most advanced faculty development strategies and techniques. In 2013 Candy received the honor of being awarded Educator-of-the-Year at the Maryland Campus of Kaplan University.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 1, 2016

Besides the alignment of the two companies’ strategies and missions in delivering digital content, they also have similar approaches to implementation of their products, and in “making sure teachers know the computer is a tool—but only a tool—in student success,” she said. Company Exec.

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Hack Education

APRIL 20, 2018

VCs often speak of having an “investment thesis” – a strategy for why they fund certain companies. I heard the former CEO of Kaplan say “hundreds if not thousands of colleges will close in the coming years.” Who do they listen to, what stories do they hear, and what stories do they tell in turn?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

With 35 percent of college admission officers already visiting applicant’s social media pages as of 2014 according to Kaplan, and this predicted to rise to over 50 percent by 2017 according to Social Assurity, Digital Citizenship education, specifically surrounding digital footprint, needs to be key for college readiness.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Willamette has been particularly aggressive in its strategy of acquiring the 134-year-old CST, which was suffering multimillion-dollar annual shortfalls that it couldn’t make up from its endowment. Many of the campus leaders who are trying innovative strategies to stay afloat have taken unconventional paths to their jobs.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The Oakland City Council is committed to funding and implementing the measure if it is approved, said Kaplan, Measure QQ’s author. Mermin said if Oakland’s measure passes she expects it will put pressure on the city of Berkeley and surrounding Alameda County to lower the voting age.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Diverse by Design: Creating CS Programs for All : When working to diversity computer science programs, strategies often look to improve existing programs rather than designing better programs for all from the get-go. But the technology lends a question: to what extent should educational products make assumptions about a user’s end goal?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Weld North’s buy-and-build strategy is one that has worked for Grayer in the past. He ran Kaplan as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, during which he oversaw 67 acquisitions and more than doubled the company’s revenue—to nearly $2 billion —by the time he left. The best part of Kaplan is how much talent it created and what we’ve done since.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Many of those ideas are actually ones Hirsch-Pasek has used when interacting with her young grandchildren over Zoom, and they represent core strategies for keeping engagement high during calls. “I Marisa Kaplan contributed research. I always ask about everything I’m doing: Is it active or passive?” she says. “Is

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 6, 2020

Selecting appropriate learning materials, strategies, and content is essential. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning Company. Kaplan Early Learning Company is a leading international provider of products and services that enhance children’s learning. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenters.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Some have tried a slight-of-hand strategy, called “ tuition resets ,” in which colleges announce a cut, only to roll back grants and scholarships, keeping the net price just where it was before they marketed enticing, but deceptive, lower prices.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Check out Bryant’s other interviews with Eddie Watson at the University of Georgia and Larry Rudman of Kaplan University. Gates Bryant ( @cgatesbryant ) is a partner with Tyton Partners, an advisory firm that provides investment banking and strategy consulting services to companies, organizations and investors.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

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