Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

From 2011 to 2014, U.S. Goldman, vice president of textbooks and e-books at Chegg, a student services provider that notably sold its print textbook inventory to Ingram in 2015, adoption of digital materials among students has been slower than he predicted. “But now I can report that these tools have been adopted in thousands of U.S.

Chegg 162

Chegg Software Industry Pearson 162

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

2U 2008 2014 $665M (IPO) Archipelago Learning 2000 2012 $302M (acquired by PLATO Learning) Chegg 2005 2013 $830M (IPO) Connections Education 2001 2011 $400M (acquired by Pearson) HigherOne 2000 2012 $260M (acquired by Blackboard) Instructure 2008 2014 $487M (IPO) K12.com

EdTech 107

EdTech Chegg Kaplan Coursera 107

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

The modest performance of my basket overall hides wide variation in performance between individual companies: Out of the 11 edtech stocks, 2U ( TWOU ) is the biggest winner, worth 151 percent more than when it began trading in March 2014. Bloomberg , in 2014 only 20 percent of mutual funds were able to outperform their benchmarks.

EdTech 60

EdTech Pearson Chegg Company 60

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

Once upon a time Pearson operated under different brands that made the totality of what Pearson did less obvious. I remember when the Pearson brand could be found on fewer than 50 business cards, despite being a large and global education business. Also back then, Pearson generally operated as an enabler of learning.

Blackboard 111

Blackboard Company Pearson LMS 111

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

On the education side, the company enlisted Kelly McGrath, former head of K-12 science curriculum development at Pearson, who’d become Planet3’s chief operating officer. Among those who tried include Osman Rashid, the co-founder of Chegg and Kno, who launched Galxyz in 2014 to build a science video games for grades three to 12.

Education 83

Education Company Chegg Pearson 83

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. Pearson PARCC "Spies" on Students. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc. Via The Guardian : “Education publisher Pearson reports biggest loss in its history.” ” Via CNET : “ Trump signs laws to promote women in STEM.”

Education 40

Education MOOC Company Pearson 40