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Fueled by Big Rounds, Edtech Funding Surges to $887M in First Half of 2017

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edtech companies last year, the dollars returned with a fury during the first six months of 2017. edtech startups is already at 88 percent of the total in 2016 ( which was $1 billion ). Now “Sand Hill is waiting to see the outcome of some of their previous edtech investments,” says Shauntel Poulson, a general partner at Reach Capital.

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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

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Maia Sharpley’s career in education includes serving in executive positions with the New York City Department of Education, Kaplan and Charter Schools USA. From 2008 to 2019 we have witnessed a 4,000-plus percent expansion in the number of funded edtech startups, and the best startups can become unicorns.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

She has held several leadership positions with education companies, most recently Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Achieve 3000, Kaplan K12, and Renaissance Learning. Robert obtained their Master of Science degree in Engineering from Boise State University between 2002 and 2005.

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Many Online Education Marketplaces Have Sputtered. Will Quizlet’s Pass the Test?

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Founded in 2005, Quizlet has become a popular source among students for its user-generated digital flashcards. Today, the graveyard of K-12 edtech marketplaces is littered with stalled attempts, many from companies that are no longer around. To date, more than 300 million of these study sets have been created.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Nicholas Negroponte first started talking up his vision for a $100 laptop at the World Economic Forum in 2005. There was slightly more buzz when Negroponte pitched the idea again at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis in 2005. There were several high profile closures of bootcamps — Dev Bootcamp, owned by Kaplan Inc.,

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