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US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45 Billion Raised in 2018

Edsurge

edtech startups in 2017. And that dip in dealflow has been happening in recent years: Investors are pouring more money into the edtech industry, but across fewer companies. Source: EdSurge One trend is clear: The dollars invested in the US edtech industry has ticked up steadily since 2011 (considering 2015 as an aberration).

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How Indian Tutoring App Provider Byju’s Got So Big

Edsurge

He offered online live and video classes through broadband and satellite to teach students beyond the centers’ walls. By the time Raveendran formally incorporated Byju’s parent company, Think & Learn, in 2011, 110 million Indians used the internet, only about 9 percent of the country, according to a study from Google and KPMG.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Formally launched by President Obama in 2011, Digital Promise is a national leader in procurement, micro-credentials, innovation clusters, and is home to the League of Innovative Schools. Such opportunity requires high-speed broadband in every school and Education SuperHighway is working to make that opportunity a reality.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Law Could Force Rural Residents Off Information Superhighway.” From Boing Boing : “Paterno was fired in 2011 after it emerged that during his tenure, [assistant coach] Jerry Sandusky had assaulted dozens of youngsters in his care. ” Go, School Sports Team!

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). " Tagged on: September 13, 2017 Back to school, back to the problem of rural broadband parity | Baltimore Sun → As students return to school, we are all reminded of the challenges created by gaps in broadband access in Maryland’s rural areas and beyond.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). " Tagged on: September 13, 2017 Back to school, back to the problem of rural broadband parity | Baltimore Sun → As students return to school, we are all reminded of the challenges created by gaps in broadband access in Maryland’s rural areas and beyond.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Multichannel News : “Trayvon Martin Attorney Parks Targets AT&T Over Alleged Broadband Redlining.” For what it’s worth, according to the latest data from the NCES , the number of post-secondary institutions in the US has increased since 2011. ” (In Cleveland.). Increased by just 2, but still.).