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The factory model of education is the wrong model for the 21st century. Today, our schools must prepare all students for college and careers–and do far more to personalize instruction and employ the smart use of technology. -Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education Education is primed for a revolution — and blended learning might just be it. Blended learning refers to any time a student learns in part at a brick-and-mortar facility and in part… Read more

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Last week, Knewton made an exciting announcement: four more universities will use our Adaptive Learning Platform™ to power their college readiness courses. Penn State University, The State University of New York, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, and Mount St. Mary’s University will all be utilizing our technology. In addition, we announced that Arizona State University — with whom we partnered at the beginning of the year — wants the Knewton platform to power more… Read more

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This post comes from our friends at Clear Admit. For more expert MBA admissions advice, check out their blog. We wanted to offer some general tips for the Class of 2014 applicants on getting the most mileage out of resumes in the admissions process. As many of our readers know, the resume is not only an important component of your application package, it’s also a great place to start when crafting your overall positioning strategy…. Read more

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In our latest Student Spotlight, meet Diptiman Banerji, a Knewton GMAT student who increased his score from a 500 on his Knewton diagnostic to a 660 on the actual test! Name: Diptiman Banerji Hometown: Calcutta, India Current job? Senior Manager with Aircel, a leading Telecom services operator in India Why did you want to take the GMAT? I am already a BE (Bachelor of Engineering) & an MBA and have 16 years of work experience…. Read more

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I recently taught a particularly difficult Critical Reasoning Inference question. When no one chose the correct answer, I realized that many of my students were not employing one of most effective strategies on inference questions. Here’s the question: Not all art museums depend on financial support from the government. Some small, home-based art museums are funded primarily by the private wealth of their owners and do not rely on any government support or subsidies. At… Read more

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Welcome to another installment of Knewton’s MBA News Round-up! This week, check out articles on b-school buildings, lifetime MBA earnings, and myths about doing business in China. 1. The Race for Bigger Better Business Schools With the unveiling of Chicago Booth’s new campus in 2004 and the construction of Stanford’s new Knight Management Center (replete with dazzling artwork from Peter Wegner), business schools are feeling pressure to “keep up with the Joneses.” Read more in… Read more

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As part of its centennial celebration, the New York Public Library created a game called Find the Future. The object of the game, which can be played online or at the library, is to view and learn about 100 artifacts that reside in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building and write a related story about each. If you like, you can make your work visible to other players. On May 20, 2011, I had the honor… Read more

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Last week, I focused on rate problems involving speed (if you’re looking to the answer to last week’s challenge question, scroll down to the end of this post!). This week, I’m going to shift to work-rate problems, which some students find even more challenging. You know these problems… the ones that say something ridiculous like: A cyborg can pet a kitten 150 times in 2 minutes. A ninja pets a kitten at half the rate… Read more

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Last Friday was Knewton’s second Hack Day of 2011, and the energy was contagious. (On Hack Day, Knewton team members take a break from the daily grind to work on a project of their choosing; check out this documentary from last Hack Day for an inside look!) As always, the projects spanned a wide range, from in-the-trenches technical hacks to hacks designed to improve everyday life at Knewton. Since many of the product hacks are… Read more

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When studying for the GMAT, I was intimidated by the Analysis of an Issue essay. While the test gives you strict limitations for Analysis of an Argument (critique the argument; don’t give your own opinion), the Analysis of an Issue essay is much more open-ended. It’s all about what you think. You get a general opinion, with no supporting evidence, and are asked to evaluate that opinion. The opinion could be about space travel (“the… Read more

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