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Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding

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Founded in 2011, the New York-based company has built a hugely popular training platform that has helped millions of students learn to code over the last decade. But the New York-based company had already served 45 million students in more than 190 countries before the pandemic hit. “We A sample project in Codecademy.

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Pearson Is Selling Its US K-12 Business—Despite Posting a Profit and Digital Growth

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In its latest earnings update, the company confirmed that it is indeed moving ahead with such plans. If concluded, the sale would mark yet another major asset that Pearson has shed since John Fallon took over as CEO in 2013. They’re much more comfortable with access, not ownership model.” It still retains a 25 percent holding.)

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Gig’s Up: CreatorUp Raises $1 Million to Train and Match Creative Professionals for Work

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This is the first round of funding for the Los Angeles-based company, which has been bootstrapped since its founding in 2013. CreatorUp is a digital media studio and training company with an educational program to train aspiring creative professionals in business and digital production.

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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

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When Tim Kelly started Planet3 in 2013, he aimed for the stars. But at an all-hands meeting at the company’s Washington, D.C. Some employees hoped the company could turn around and stayed on without pay. “We He envisioned a game-based educational platform used by teachers and students to learn about science and the environment.

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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. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um,

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