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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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One of our portfolio companies LearnPlatform publishes a regular “ Edtech Top 40 ” list of the most used edtech products in K12 schools nationwide: perhaps unsurprisingly, Google products take 8 of the top 10 spots. But as a point of reference: Google did not yet exist. NYSE: COUR), Udemy, Inc. Udemy (NASDAQ: UDMY) is down 52.4

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Can Google Challenge Over-Zealous Web Filtering at Schools? Last year, the National Federation of the Blind filed a complaint against Penn State, charging that the school''s adoption of Google Apps for Education was discriminatory. According to the report, 38% of kids in this age range are playing mobile games, up from 8% in 2009.

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