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Reach Capital’s Newest Education Technology Investment Fund Closes at $82 Million

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The firm traces its roots to 2012, when Jennifer Carolan and Wayee Chu (now both general partners at Reach), started a $12 million “Seed Fund” at NewSchools Venture Fund, an Oakland-based education nonprofit philanthropy. WriteLab (Chegg). -based firm has established itself as a familiar name within the education technology industry.

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That’s a Rap! Nearpod Buys Educational Hip Hop Creator, Flocabulary

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Today it’s adding Flocabulary, to bring hip hop to the library. Founded in 2012, Nearpod started as an “interactive lecture” platform for iPads that has since evolved to support all devices. Through this deal, Nearpod will add one of the more unique, coveted collections of online educational resources to its library.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I The End of Library" Stories (and the Software that Seems to Support That). Siegler: “ The End of the Library.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” (Did you know he recorded his first mixtape at the Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia studio ?). ” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc. Saint Francis High School invested $15,000 in the company back in 2012.