Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2022

That development is perhaps not surprising given the fact that many school and social activities migrated online during the past two years, says Mike Robb, senior director of research at the nonprofit Common Sense Media, which recently released a research report detailing the findings.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

But it has been actively expanding its portfolio, purchasing nearly a dozen edtech companies over the past five years. based company claims it serves more than 45 million students in more than 80 countries. Both companies are currently owned by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Across these products, the Folsom, Calif.-based

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

And career preparation here isn’t just a buzzword but more like a guiding principle: When the end-of-day bell sounds, some children transition from students to employees of the district, and earn $10 an hour for working on a variety of projects for local technology companies. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Billion iPad Fiasco in 2015 ? It was even greater to hear it from industry veteran, Elliott Levine, Qualcomm’s Director of Worldwide Education, the company that commissioned the research from Project Tomorrow , and who always provides a great interview. Then there was the $95 million payroll system snafu back in 2008.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

The news, first reported by The Wall Street Journal , would create the second-biggest U.S. The new company will retain the McGraw Hill name, but will be led by Michael Hansen, currently the CEO of Cengage. Like other established textbook publishers, both companies have reoriented their businesses around digital offerings.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In this 2015 photo, fifth graders collaborated on a Rube Goldberg machine in a Pennsylvania elementary school. For example, the United States ranked 39th in math on the 2015 PISA test. Four regions in mainland China, including Beijing and Shanghai, collectively ranked 6th in math and in 2015. Photo: Chris Berdik. ranked 13th.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

Over the last few months, biotech company Theranos has re-entered the conversation due to a slew of newsworthy happenings—the Elizabeth Holmes trial finally came to an end with four of 11 charges of fraud, and Hulu announced The Dropout’s debut while Apple Original Films’s Bad Blood is currently in production. Money came flowing.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

edtech industry, that’s no big deal: In the first six months of 2018, 62 companies raised $739 million in venture capital. edtech company has hit the nine-figure mark in 2018: a $110 million round for Connexeo, a provider of administrative payment software for schools and community institutions. But for the U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

The story behind the latest Horizon Report —which ranks tech trends in higher education—is easily more dramatic than the document’s actual conclusions. Then, as the report neared completion, the New Media Consortium abruptly shut down amid mysterious financial troubles, and it was unclear whether the work would ever reach the public.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

We called it “The State of EdTech: Forces and Trends Shaping K12 Edtech” report. Part Two: The Funding Figuring out how to fund the development of education technology continued to be complex: Investors in US edtech startups hit a high-water mark in 2015 with US companies raising $1.45

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

The company makes no guarantee that your shoddy backhand will improve after taking a course led by tennis sensation Serena Williams, or that you’ll make palatable risotto after watching Wolfgang Puck. This week, MasterClass raised $100 million in a Series E investment round led by Fidelity Management & Research Company.

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Company Learning Course Report 142

Tom Murray

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Take a moment to consider the digital disruption that has already occurred in the following industries (Goodwin, 2015). The largest taxi company owns no (human driven) taxis (Uber) The largest accommodations provider owns no real estate. Netflix) The largest phone companies own no telecommunications infrastructure. Projections.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

For the first half of 2019, the industry saw $962 million raised across 65 deals, the highest amount of funding at the halfway mark since at least 2015. By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. Some companies count their accelerator funding into their subsequent seed rounds.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It’s a virtual charter school, the tuition paid with taxpayer dollars, run by the for-profit charter management company ACCEL Schools. Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020.

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E-rate Pearson Company Report 129

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Emmersion’s cofounders, Brigham Tomco and Dr. Jacob Burdis, will remain with the company. Its AI-powered Speaking and Writing Assessments conduct reliable, pre-employment language screenings in 15 minutes so that companies can hire the perfect candidates for the right roles. Accurately establish language skills with AI.

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IXL Learning Assessment Learning Company 96

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

Moscow internet services company Yandex participated. Founded in 2015, MEL Science has raised a total of $12 million to date. After that, the company charges $34.90 Those lessons mostly cover chemistry today, but the company is building more content for physics and biology students, Philippov says.

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STEM Company Software Report 153

Marketplace K-12

APRIL 12, 2016

There were 418 mergers and acquisitions in the education industry in 2015, up from 329 in 2014, according to research by the investment bank Berkery Noyes. The investment group provides advice and financial consulting to middle market companies in the technology and information space. See chart, below).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

The next logical question is, are those entrepreneurs’ companies any better, in terms of diversity? A few edtech companies are now using resources to document—and potentially address—disparities in their ranks. Edtech companies aren’t the only ones creating inclusion surveys. Source: Clever Blog The results?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

According to an EdSurge database of publicly announced funding deals, investment in edtech companies reached at least $1.66 A PwC-CB Insights report puts U.S. based education companies that raised a round of at least $250,000. Not as well represented in the top charts are companies serving the K-12 market.

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EdTech Coursera Company Schoology 106

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2018

China’s NetDragon has gobbled up another education technology company. NetDragon Websoft, a publicly-traded company based in Fuzhou, China, has agreed to pay $137.5 Currently, the company, now based in San Mateo, Calif., A decade ago, the big education companies were traditional textbook providers such as Pearson.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 30, 2016

Future revenue in the $33 billion e-learning market is expected to fall precipitously in the United States and internationally, but sales of other types of digital learning products are predicted to rise, according to a market research report released recently. The free report , published by Monroe, Wash.-based billion in 2021 from $2.7

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Another balding founder of a tech company is passing the baton off to a successor. No, this is not the same shellshock as Jeff Bezos’ resignation letter, nor is the company anywhere as big as Amazon. His successor will be Joe Rohrlich, who previously served as chief revenue officer for Bazaarvoice, an e-commerce analytics company.

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Pearson Knewton Company Industry 155

Doug Levin

JUNE 1, 2015

Student data privacy advocates should note well that this is neither an issue created by educational technology, nor associated with any technology company – and is allowable under current FERPA privacy protections. A singular focus by advocates on legislating company practice simply doesn’t serve to fully address the issue.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

But now I can report that these tools have been adopted in thousands of U.S. higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. classrooms from kindergarten through high school.” It’s a coexistence.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Starting with a $100 million fund in 2015, Owl has since raised two subsequent funds— $185 million in 2017, and $315 million in 2019. Since 2015, Owl has invested in 39 edtech companies. edtech companies raised $803 million in the first half of 2020. bought by Byju’s—also an Owl portfolio company—in August).

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EdTech Company Training Survey 127

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2019

As technology companies from Google to Salesforce plant roots in Australia, government and business leaders down under are trying to figure out ways to train students and workers to keep up with a changing workforce. company thinks it can help prepare the country’s future programmers. In the U.S.,

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The company says its tools are used by more than 30 million people across the education and corporate learning markets. Instructure is currently a public company, and its leaders say a move to private ownership will allow it to invest more in its software and potentially make more acquisitions.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The Denton, Texas-based company is also growing up itself. ReadyRosie founder and CEO Emily Roden says helping children by engaging their parents has helped her company grow to serve 6,500 Head Start programs, childcare centers and elementary schools. The company has raised no outside capital since its start.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

Credit: Javeria Salman/The Hechinger Report Across town, students in Ruben Jacquez’s class at Rio Mesa High School use coding software to compile and clean data they’ve collected on student stress levels. Aaron Lira, a senior at Hueneme High School, said he finds data science interesting because he is learning skills that many companies use.

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Data STEM Course Report 140

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Macmillan Education, a global publisher of English Language Teaching and school curriculum materials, and Blinklearning, a company at the forefront of educational technologies, have announced a global partnership to produce digital educational resources. The products will be available to students and teachers globally from November 2015.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

It’s rare enough for any entrepreneur to lead a company to a $275 million sale—in cash. But that’s how much Dave Dahl sold his family company , Dave’s Killer Bread, for in 2015. Today, it claims to be the largest organic bread company in America. He learned about it when the company reached out to him last November.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Since February 2019, those three rideshare companies have raised at least $65 million in venture capital, and together employ more than 200 people. The companies have offered to deliver food and learning materials like laptops and textbooks to students’ homes. The company still plans to expand further into those markets.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 15, 2016

In 2015, spending on hardware for educational purposes amounted to $15 billion, an increase of 7 percent from 2014, according to Futuresource Consulting, a U.K.-based In 2015, over 2.5 Thailand, India, Mexico and Venezuela have all deployed significant projects, the company found. billion in 2015.

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Report Chromebook Mobility Microsoft 40

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2021

Going after an industry giant in K-12 college and career planning wasn’t what Katie Fang originally had in mind when she started SchooLinks in 2015. For counselors, there are application management trackers, a communication dashboard, course planners and other administrative tools for meeting state reporting compliance requirements.

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Blackboard Company Industry System 164

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

The company has raised more than $200 million in venture capital from investors including Insight Venture Partners and ICONIQ Capital. The company claims its most popular teachers can make millions of dollars through this model. edtech industry since Instructure, another Utah-based company, went public in November 2015.

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EdTech Industry Company Software 119

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2019

This morning, the San Francisco-based company announced a series of “sweeping changes” that includes a new name—Altitude Learning—and new leadership. Co-founders Max Ventilla and Mediratta, who had served respectively as CEO and chief and technology officer, are stepping back from their day-to-day roles but will be on the company’s board.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

But when funding dries up and profits remain elusive, companies have to make tough cuts. Back in the driver’s seat is Mick Hewitt, who co-founded the company in 2009 and served as its first CEO. He adds: “As a venture-funded company, there’s been a decision to get to profitability in the next nine to 12 months.” billion in U.S.

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EdTech Company Academic Standards Industry 116