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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

The Gates Foundation has backed a variety of education reform initiatives : charter schools, the Common Core State Standards, “small schools,” inBloom, teacher evaluations, and yes, “personalized learning.” Udemy (skills training) – $173 million. Perhaps that name, Betsy DeVos, is familiar.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

The total dollars invested in 2016 are off by about $2 billion from this time last year; the number of deals are down by a third; and the number of acquisitions are off by about 20%. Or lack thereof – see “ The 2016 Ed-Tech Dead Pool.”). Funding has shrunk. ” You are a fool. “ Tweaking the business model.”