Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2018

And here’s the most surprising part: that online school it bought, Kaplan University, was a for-profit business—part of a sector that’s been criticized for high costs and poor outcomes for students. Kaplan University had been owned by Graham Holdings Company, which used to own the Washington Post until it sold it to Jeff Bezos.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

Elected officials, policymakers and community members are outraged when these numbers are printed in the news, but year after year we engage in vehement debate, with little action to change the status quo: an unequal and inequitable education system. Tests may not be biased, but the system is. Sixty-five years after Brown v.

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Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2023

As expected, though, the new nonprofit will also continue to manage the Open edX platform , the open-source system that hosts edX courses and can also be used by any institution with the tech know-how and the computer servers to run it. So don’t expect any one big flashy initiative, but instead a series of smaller grants and collaborations.

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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 billion in 2010.

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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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edWeb.net

AUGUST 6, 2020

Dr. Iheoma Iruka contended that the early childhood classroom, even with well-meaning teachers and inclusive approaches, still rests in a system that was designed to “fix” Black children assumed to not be faring as well as their white counterparts. Those things are intentional and are things we can definitely correct within the system.”.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

In a survey conducted by Quest Research and the Kaplan test-prep company, they were four times more likely to say they’d hire an English major with a credential in cybersecurity than an English major without one. “We The courses are being run in partnership with Kaplan and will also be available to alumni. “We

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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. To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

America has the most diverse higher education system in the world, and we ought to pay more attention to the important ways in which it serves many types of students and their myriad education and career goals. In the meantime, Americans should ask themselves how they feel about the colleges and universities in their own regions.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

The overarching story goes as follows: adaptive learning platform Knewton was founded in 2008 by former Kaplan executive Jose Ferreira, affectionately described by Michael Feldstein as a snake oil salesman. But, don’t worry—they had plenty to say about Knewton. The company raised $182 million, but only sold for $17 million.

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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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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2020

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. Grayer, who was the CEO of Kaplan for more than a decade before starting Weld North in 2010, said his plan has always been to amass an empire of digital curriculum offerings. “My

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

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2019

It’s hard to make an informed choice for your child, let alone your employees,” said Jon Kaplan, chief learning officer at Discover Financial. Kaplan means his company worked with Guild to narrow down which schools aligned with the programs Discover wanted to support.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Systems Leadership for Equity Part 1: Belonging and Support for Equity. How Educators Can Have Courageous Conversations Inspired by Joyful and Diverse Books. How Schools Can Serve the Whole Child: Aligning Supports to Catalyze Student Success.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Emily Kaplan, for The Hechinger Report. Many students have been involved in the criminal justice system, have vulnerable citizenship or residency status or have experienced homelessness. Some are involved in the foster care system, and many are the children of teenage parents — or are already parents themselves.

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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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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The reality is that in most school governance systems, young people are systematically marginalized … and students play absolutely no role.” The reality is that in most school governance systems, young people are systematically marginalized,” he said, “and students play absolutely no role.”.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Before that, she founded education advisory company Quantum Thinking, was an entrepreneur-in-residence and senior fellow at the Gates Foundation, and worked for Kaplan, Pearson, Ellucian, Blackboard and Oracle. “I I like early market. I like being able to grow and scale things,” Keehn says. “I

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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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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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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

There’s a lot of tension in the system between liberal arts and technical training. So the system has to adapt to that. There was a big announcement recently that Purdue University is essentially acquiring Kaplan University for a dollar and creating a new type of public university. Yeah, it’s a huge issue, for sure.

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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. The system wasn’t going to work for them. So we needed to build our own system that sat on top of all that software.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2018

He’s more proud that he showed that an education provider could thrive without participating in the traditional system of federal financial aid. Borrowing a reporter’s notebook, he drew a diagram of the traditional system, where the dollars flow from the federal government to colleges, while debt flows to the student.

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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. In 2015, Vista Equity Partners purchased PowerSchool, a student information system, and has since acquired another eight education companies.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2018

“The biggest thing we’ve learned is the long incubation period for seed-stage investments to grow, Kelsheimer says, “and the fact that it’s a very slow sales cycle into the traditional higher education system.”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. READ THE STORY: The racist and sexist roots of child care in America explain why the system is in shambles. READ THE STORY: Child care, car seats and other simple ways to keep teen moms in school.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2021

Andy Kaplan, Managing General Partner at Education Growth Partners, Apex’s prior investor, said “We look forward to seeing Apex and Edmentum further raise the bar for digital learning and better prepare students for success. For more information, please visit www.edgrowth.com. About The Vistria Group.

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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.”. New York City Schools Chancellor Harold Levy talks on the phone in his office in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y., Thursday, May 11, 2000.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2016

Kaplan Test Prep is launching a free, live PSAT preparation program beginning October 1, with lessons that cover every section of the exam. Free for all students, Kaplan’s PSAT Prep Live will give the 3.8 CodeCombat enhancements available Sept.

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Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

This system is broken, in short. Kaplan, survey director for CAE.” Perhaps the system isn’t broken. The system is working exactly as intended. We could be heading towards a closed loop system. Kaplan, survey director for CAE] said. ” But maybe my post’s title is too harsh.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

She also holds two Master of Science Degrees in Higher Education minoring in Teaching and Learning and Online Technology from Kaplan University now Purdue University. In 2013 Candy received the honor of being awarded Educator-of-the-Year at the Maryland Campus of Kaplan University.

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Hack Education

JULY 22, 2017

Within the past week, two well-known and well-established coding bootcamps have announced they’ll be closing their doors: Dev Bootcamp, owned by Kaplan Inc., and The Iron Yard, owned by the Apollo Education Group (parent company of the University of Phoenix). Two closures might not make a trend … yet.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2017

It’s now part of a larger effort, some contend, to weaken “government schools,” to strengthen “Judeo-Christian values,” and to refute the public education system’s liberal and secular biases. DeVos’s commitment seems to go farther: “ the merger of free-market ideology and the religious right.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A student works on a sample SAT test during her Kaplan SAT course. With frustration like the Tomasulos’ compounded by reports of test-takers gaming the system or flat-out cheating, more and more people seem to agree — including some colleges themselves, and a few elected politicians. Students “should be judged on their merit.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

She also holds two Master of Science Degrees in Higher Education minoring in Teaching and Learning and Online Technology from Kaplan University now Purdue University. In 2013 Candy received the honor of being awarded Educator-of-the-Year at the Maryland Campus of Kaplan University.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2021

Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. The University of California System and the state’s private colleges pushed back against the bill, Rivas said. “I Critics say colleges’ widespread practice of withholding academic transcripts for unpaid bills makes it harder for students to get the jobs they need to pay their debts.

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