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Pluralsight, Vista Equity Partners Agree to $3.5 Billion Acquisition Deal

Edsurge

The Utah-based company was founded in 2004 to compete against the likes of Lynda and other online education companies focused on serving technology and business professionals. Together, the company claims it serves over 17,000 customers, including 70 percent of Fortune 500 companies.

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2023 CODiE Awards Announced

eSchool News

The SIIA Education Division serves and represents more than 200 member companies that provide software, digital content and other technologies that address educational needs. I’ll be digging deeper into these companies and products in the coming weeks. To date, we have helped educate more than 50 million children worldwide.

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Blackboard Co-Founder: ‘4 Secrets to Building a Tech Company for Higher Ed’

Edsurge

Once upon a time the learning-management system (or LMS) was a new idea. To mark the 20th anniversary of Blackboard, one of the first LMSes, the company’s co-founder, Matthew Pittinsky, wrote an epic blog post about the company’s history, which includes his advice for today’s edtech leaders. The idea was simple. But we’d say no.

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AeroFarms Celebrates World Environment Day with Bronx School PS 85

eSchool News

The vertical farm system empowers students and educators to participate in the full growing process from seed to salad, while experiencing the advantages of hyperlocal, sustainable food production and learning through STEAM education.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

1993-2004: Building the Infrastructure. Working closely with partners, I spent the years from 1993 to 2004 starting and leading a handful of technology startups. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. billion in 2010.

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‘Praying that my health holds out’: Many senior citizens expect to die with college loan debts

The Hechinger Report

The number of people age 60 and older who still have student loan debt has sextupled since 2004, and the amount they owe is up 19-fold, the think tank New America reports ; there are now 3.5 They’ve been failed by multiple systems,” said Sarah Sattelmeyer, New America’s project director for education, opportunity and mobility.

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EdSurge Recommendations for What to Read, Watch and Listen to Over the Holiday Break

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The novel tells the coming-of-age story of three friends who start a video-game design company. It’s not just parents who are teaching their own children at home these days; now entrepreneurial people and companies are instructing pods of children in a variety of settings. So Babb’s book wasn’t published until 2004.