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T.H.E. Journal December 2000 |
College Entrance Exam Reviews Online The Princeton Review has launched test preparation for the SAT and the GMAT via the Internet. A free, one-hour SAT and GMAT introductory course is available at www.princetonreview.com... |
T.H.E. Journal July 27, 2010 Vanessa Hua |
It's All in the Preparation Three different technical tools for college entrance exam preparation. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2007 Matt Bolch |
Custom-Built Curriculum Districts are abandoning textbooks and instead picking and choosing their own instructional materials that more closely align to new academic standards. |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
Jonathan Grayer Jonathan Grayer is only 39, yet this year he will complete his first decade at the helm of Kaplan Inc. Sales at the education company are expected to pass $1 billion in 2004. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2000 |
SAT Preparation on CD-ROMs Encore Software and Kaplan have partnered to release new versions of five test preparation software programs. Among these is Kaplan Higher Score SAT/ACT/PSAT 2001, a self-paced program featuring comprehensive personalized test preparation... |
Job Journal April 20, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: School Teacher Our children are the future, and school teachers are entrusted with the responsibility of educating and inspiring them. |
Teacher Magazine May 2000 Christopher Shea |
It's Come To This For-profit companies are selling the idea that schools should be test prep centers. And educators are buying in. |
Registered Rep. December 19, 2011 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
8 Facts You Didn't Know About the ACT and SAT In honor of test-taking season, here are some valuable statistics to know about the two tests. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 |
Kaplan Launches Mobile Test Prep Kaplan Mobile SAT/PSAT-ACT 2005 allows students to learn the secrets of successful test taking, while reinforcing facts and concepts from other test resources anytime, anywhere. |
T.H.E. Journal October 19, 2006 Randy Yerrick |
Globalizing Education One Podcast at a Time Digital media has emerged as a tool of choice for offering multimodal instruction, integrating content and pedagogy, reaching diverse learners, and complementing science instruction for today's inclusive classrooms. |
BusinessWeek May 5, 2011 Daniel Golden |
China's Test Prep Juggernaut Test preparation company New Oriental Education is helping a rising generation of Chinese students to ace U.S. college entrance exams |
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Greg Bensinger |
Student Loan Scrutiny Could Hurt Washington Post The Washington Post's Kaplan education unit may be battered by a crackdown on loan repayment rules. |
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2012 |
Raising Their Game When done right professional development can make a real difference for students. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Christine Fox |
Professional Development :: From Technophobes to Tech Believers High-quality professional development can turn the most reluctant teachers into enthusiastic users of classroom technology. It's key to any effort to reform the way students are taught and data is collected. |
CIO January 1, 2006 Gary Beach |
A Sensible Proposal America needs math and science teachers. You have knowledgeable employees getting ready to retire. See the connection? IBM does. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Hofer, Chamberlin & Scot |
Fulfilling the Need for a Technology Integration Specialist A look at the current role of a school-based technology coordinator. |
T.H.E. Journal January 28, 2010 Scott Aronowitz |
Wisconsin District To Launch Online School Howard-Suamico School District of Green Bay, WI, has announced it will partner with Kaplan Virtual Education to launch Bay Port iAcademy to provide full- and part-time online education opportunities to middle school and high school students throughout the state. |
Fast Company Ainsley O'Connell |
Kaplan Enters The Fast-Growing Market For Digital Skills Training Kaplan Test Prep has teamed up with thoughtbot, a leading web development firm, to launch Metis, a 12-week bootcamp for aspiring Ruby on Rails engineers. |
The Motley Fool September 1, 2006 Rich Smith |
SAT: Seek A Tutor? For a test that you can't technically "fail," there's an awful lot of groaning going on today over the Class of 2006 in regard to its SAT scores. Could the tutoring industry benefit? Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek November 4, 2010 Daniel Golden |
Online Colleges Target Veterans Washington Post Co.'s for-profit college, Kaplan University, has used the prestige of its parent to attract veterans and their federal aid. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Resistance is Futile Even as technology use grows embedded in education, some teachers still prefer the old ways. |
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser |
Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers. |
BusinessWeek February 3, 2011 Daniel Golden |
The SAT Is to America as ____ Is to China The College Board wants permission to offer the SAT in China, opening up a huge market for the $600 million business. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Gloria Bush |
Logging on to Staff Development Enhancing your teachers' knowledge and use of educational technology through online professional development. |
T.H.E. Journal May 14, 2009 Ruth Reynard |
Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes: Can It Be Measured? The ongoing debate on the effectiveness of technology use for student learning outcomes still seems to have no clear answers. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Mary Ann Wolf |
Systemic School Reform :: A Guiding Hand A systemic approach to school reform demands leaders with vision, who understand how every step of their efforts fits together to support teachers and benefit students. |
T.H.E. Journal October 14, 2009 David Nagel |
Study: Games, Video Improve Preschooler Literacy A new study has shown that educational videos and interactive games can have a positive impact on preschooler literacy when incorporated into the curriculum in a classroom setting. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2007 John K. Waters |
Online Collaboration :: Curriculum Unbound! Freed from the nuisances of paper-based methods, districts are making creative use of digital tools to move their curricular documents online, where educators can collaborate on course development and lesson planning. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2004 Chris Rother |
Evaluating Technology's Role in the Classroom Teachers are using computers more than ever before for everything from instruction to handling administrative chores and communicating with parents. |
Fast Company January 2006 Jonathan Sabin |
The Test Prince of Bel-Air Robin Singh tapped his genius for logic to go from lowly Kaplan tutor to LSAT rock star as owner of TestMasters. |
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 |
Bill Gates' School Crusade Bill Gates' foundation is betting billions that a business approach can work wonders in the classroom. |
T.H.E. Journal January 1, 2000 |
Futureperspective - a Vision of Education for the 21st Century The creation and delivery of courses over the Web will be the driving force for educational change in the 21st century. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2008 Matt Villano |
Five on Five: A Dialogue on Profession Development A quintet of educators gathers to sound off on what works and what doesn't in the ongoing mission to train teachers to use technology in classroom instruction. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 Jeff Weinstock |
Make It a Test Worth Teaching To Settling the ardent debate over state assessments may start with a most elementary solution. |
Salon.com February 22, 2001 Amy Benfer |
After the SAT As the University of California considers dropping the test, admissions directors of two colleges talk about what happened after they made it optional... |
T.H.E. Journal January 2006 Elaine A. Studnicki |
The Unkindest Cut of All Technology budgets are often the first to be reduced. The following eight questions will help you determine where to start trimming. |
T.H.E. Journal May 1, 2010 Vanessa Hua |
A Strategy Worth Watching The Excellence in Teaching Project discards frivolous checklists in favor of a purposeful online, observation-based process of assessing teachers' performance. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2005 Douglas Kellner |
The Changing Classroom: Challenges for Teachers The integration of technology in classrooms has obligated teachers to develop new teaching strategies to enhance learning across the curriculum. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Up Close and Virtual By adding web-based offerings to traditional in-person sessions, school districts can continue to provide support to teachers when face-to-face visits aren't possible. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Free At Last By creating a user-generated, ever-growing library of original digital content, an Arizona school district has liberated its teachers from the restraints of a textbook-driven curriculum model. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2007 |
Technology + Online + Industry + Partnerships The president's rationale for eliminating funding for a key program is challenged by a SETDA report... VBrick Systems teams up with Clearvue and SVE... Former President Clinton to speak at NSBA conference... etc. |
CIO January 17, 2013 Kristin Burnham |
How Consumerization of IT Led Kaplan to Google Apps At Kaplan, a genuine enthusiasm for technology comes from the top: Its CIO embraces the consumerization of IT and wants employees to be as excited about technology as he is. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Dan Ferber |
Calling All Teachers This article focuses on preservice training -- training college students and graduates to be STEM teachers. |
Entrepreneur September 2007 Carol Tice |
Play Nice Forget cutthroat, what you need is a little sugar and spice. So says Linda Kaplan Thaler in her new book The Power of Nice. Kaplan Thaler speaks about how she uses niceness in her own advertising business. |
Inc. August 2008 Leigh Buchanan |
Luck is for Losers A gambler who loathes risk, Bill Kaplan ran his famed MIT Blackjack Team like a business and left the table with more than $10 million in winnings. Can the lessons learned in Las Vegas work for a real company? |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 |
Online PD: The Teachers Talk Back More than half of teachers surveyed cited scheduling as a primary benefit of participating in online professional development offerings. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2007 Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Getting the Story Straight Recent articles in the nation's two most influential newspapers draw an inaccurate picture of education technology. A three-pronged counteroffensive is in order. |
Information Today January 12, 2016 |
New Cybersecurity-Training Company Debuts Graham Holdings Co., which owns Kaplan, announced the creation of CyberVista, a new company focused on cybersecurity education and workforce development. |
Salon.com April 10, 2002 Damien Cave |
Even lamer than a busted dot-com "F'd Companies," Philip Kaplan's obituary for online flameouts, is more pathetic than the companies it skewers... |
T.H.E. Journal July 2005 |
Developing Highly Qualified Teachers To ensure highly qualified teachers for every student, teachers need access to the right learning opportunities that meet their needs, and a mechanism to ensure that they have the support, time, and knowledge to implement what they learn. |