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Can Entrepreneurs Balance Educational and Financial Returns?

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Perhaps it is because of the myth of the entrepreneur that resounds throughout popular culture: examples like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, who both dropped out of college, and in doing so, seemingly spurned education in order to build major tech companies—and yet now each have education initiatives of their own. Blackboard Inc.,

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Rethink Education Re-Ups Commitment to Edtech With $107.5 Million Fund

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education technology startups ebbed in 2016, dipping roughly 30 percent in deal volume and value from the previous year. But as some disappointed investors have learned last year, the actual market value and performance behind “unicorns” may be as illusory as their nickname. 2016 US Edtech Funding Totals $1 Billion.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 If so, what are they?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

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. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Brightspace Excellence Awards highlight innovation in online learning

eSchool News

This year’s Brightspace Excellence Awards , announced at FUSION 2016 by global learning technology provider D2L, recognized the promise of online learning and its ability to connect more and more people to high-quality educational programs. 2016 Brightspace Awards for Excellence Winners.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Testing, Testing… Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “These days, everyone’s talking about ‘equity,’ and now a testing company has affixed the word to a new effort. From Course Report : “the 2016 Coding Bootcamp Market Size Study.” ” Here’s the rub: it’s an LMS.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

the Virginia company at the heart of the operation.” Here’s the EdWeek headline: “ Company Exec. for Ed-Tech Company Testifies in Ala. ” Gee, good thing no one else in ed-tech is in the business of selling these sorts of connections between companies and politicians and schools! ” Ugh.