Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

And focusing on digital makes the secondary textbook market even less attractive, since students have to buy access directly from Pearson to get course materials. higher education courseware sales in 2015. Meanwhile, Wiley acquired two startups— Knewton and Zyante —to bolster its courseware offerings.

Pearson 163

Pearson OER Company Knewton 163

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

billion, this year’s funding total is the second-highest tally, following 2015 (which saw $1.4 MOOC companies typically account for the bump in the “Post-Secondary” category, but aside from Coursera’s $64 million Series D round, few other companies focused in higher education scored a large deal. billion across 126 deals.

EdTech 91

EdTech Pearson Company Knewton 91

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

The company sold The Financial Times and its stake in The Economist in 2015, for example. It announced this year it was “ phasing out ” its reliance on Knewton provide those algorithms.). million devices shipped to primary and secondary schools in the US last year – that’s up from 50% in 2015.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

And indeed, according to my calculations too, the amount of money invested in education technology companies is up from this time last year and up from this time in 2015 as well. And 2015 was a record-setting year for ed-tech investment.). Knewton (algorithmic textbooks) – $157.25 The Biggest Investments So Far This Year.

Coursera 57

Coursera Knewton Company Udemy 57

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Private Colleges Had 58 Millionaire Presidents in 2015.” ” From the HR Department.

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50