Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Chegg , a Santa Clara, Calif.-based The acquisition will cost Chegg about $80 million in cash for Thinkful, with possible additional payments of up to $20 million in cash or stock based on performance, according to a statement Wednesday. Chegg had been holding onto $1.1 It is expected to close in the fourth quarter.

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Chegg Company Course Data 122

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

2U 2008 2014 $665M (IPO) Archipelago Learning 2000 2012 $302M (acquired by PLATO Learning) Chegg 2005 2013 $830M (IPO) Connections Education 2001 2011 $400M (acquired by Pearson) HigherOne 2000 2012 $260M (acquired by Blackboard) Instructure 2008 2014 $487M (IPO) K12.com Six of the deals took at least 10 years to materialize.

EdTech 91

EdTech Chegg Kaplan Coursera 91

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

Colleges were spending millions networking classrooms and residence halls, and I wondered about the absence of technology in the “front office” for teaching and learning. Equally important to our product strategy were “The Two Commandments:” Ease of use and enterprise technology. It was a tools and technology and service provider.

Blackboard 96

Blackboard Company Pearson LMS 96

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. Um, they do.)

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145