Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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Education Company E-rate Industry 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Since 2005, Y Combinator has funded 1,430 companies and nearly 3,500 founders. featured 124 companies from 18 countries—marking the largest class in the accelerator’s history. The company accepted its first cohort of 30 students this past July, added another 40 in August, and will have 100 for its September class.

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Meeting Technology Company Education 105

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

From bigwig financiers to bankers, along with heads of private and publicly-traded education technology companies, the gathering attracted around 900 attendees last week to share the opportunities and challenges in the industry this year. Based Education Technology Companies (2011-2016). billion in venture funding.)

EdTech 129

EdTech Edmentum Industry Company 129

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.,

Training 126

Training Broadband Company Education 126

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Next Wave 2017 was the latest in an annual, invitation-only meeting series run by Ithaka , the nonprofit group behind JSTOR, ArtStor, the PORTICO digital archiving and preservation service, and Ithaka S&R, which conducts research on higher ed and technology. We’re completely in charge of admissions. They’re in charge of the technology.”

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Meeting Libraries EdTech Conference 95

EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Since 1966, the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA has conducted an annual college freshman survey: For the first time, its 2016 report stated less than half of students think that their mental health is above average compared to their peers. Instead of worrying over alignment and font choice, utilize the skills of experts.

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Study Trends Survey Industry 262

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2018

In a 2016 survey from NPR, Harvard and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, one-third of parents reported it was difficult to find childcare; 2 in 3 say they had few “realistic” options. That paucity spurred Chris Bennett and two friends to start their own childcare service in the hills of Berkeley, California in late 2016.

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Company Industry Training Survey 102

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2019

In the education technology industry, we see an abundance of press covering venture-backed startups and their funding rounds, acquisitions and other noteworthy milestones. On the other hand, there is a paucity of coverage about edtech companies that grow their businesses with little or no venture capital or outside investment.

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EdTech Sony Company Course 95

techlearning

JUNE 26, 2018

JUNE 26, 2018 In a move that enhances its mission of supporting education institutions and libraries, Education Networks of America ® (ENA) today announced that Dallas-based education technology company CatchOn, Inc has joined the ENA family of companies. The solution is available directly through CatchOn or through ENA.

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Company Education Broadband Libraries 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

Joining them are professionals from other industries who teach at nontraditional educational programs. That issue led to a class-action lawsuit and settlement involving General Assembly and two former instructors, who alleged that the New York City-based education company misclassified them as independent contractors.

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Company Industry Course Survey 94

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Now he’s training in a fast-track program to become an industrial maintenance technician. Rather than slowing down, he’s speeding up — racing through the 616 hours of study and lab time he needs to get the certification that he hopes will open a new chapter in his life as an industrial maintenance technician.

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Training Industry Report Company 137

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2018

Caffeinated founders paced the lobby in colorful T-shirts splattered with their company logos, polishing their pitches for their on-stage presentation and meetings with potential investors. Inside, an industrial-grade drone sat nearby tables offering instant coffee and cannabis sodas. Here’s what we saw instead.

Technology 118

Technology Education Company Pearson 118

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

There has been a lot of hand-wringing about who will step up to meet the current needs of the skills shortage, and higher education has come under scrutiny, accused of not equipping students enough for the workforce. We need to move quickly to educate workers across the country for jobs in tech, finance, healthcare and more.

Software 132

Software Training Study Trends 132

Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2020

What began with faculty interest in Stephenson’s Canadian company, Riipen, which connects students with class projects offered by actual businesses, led to conversations with a university accelerator that invests in edtech startups and connects them with faculty to launch pilot programs.

EdTech 91

EdTech Company Industry Libraries 91

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

The interview got quite a number of listens, likely because November said that the edtech industry had created a “mess” at one point in the interview. How has the edtech industry created a “mess”—and more importantly, whose responsibility is it to clean up that message, according to November? Can you elaborate on that, a bit? "If

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Company EdTech Khan Academy Industry 60

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Thursday, September 20, 2018) – The National FFA Organization, Tractor Supply Company, and Discovery Education – the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms – are teaming up to host a new virtual field trip entitled Beyond the Sale: Careers That Deliver at 1:00 p.m. According to the U.S.

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Company STEM Accessibility Industry 42

eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The company has acquired Global Teletherapy, the leading teletherapy service provider to virtual K-12 schools, and has signed a definitive agreement for Spectrum Equity, a leading growth equity firm, and The Rise Fund, TPG’s multi-sector global impact investing strategy, to acquire a majority stake in the company.

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PresenceLearning Software lynda.com Company 52

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

To date, the New York-based company has raised nearly $16 million. To be sure, Silver’s critique of the bootcamp industry centers around the fact that other providers have tried to expand brick-and-mortar locations to provide in-person training. million in Series A funding from Owl Ventures and Tribeca Venture Partners.

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Industry Company Course Meeting 74

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

“Businesses today have to be more agile and have to be able to pivot—access to content needs to be very rapid,” says Lori Bradley, executive vice president for global talent management at PVH Corp, a publicly- traded fashion and apparel company with 35,000 employees. According to the Association for Talent Development, U.S.

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Coursera lynda.com Training MOOC 155

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

He was recognized with the Tech Champion Award at the 2022 Digital Industry Dynamite Awards and featured in the EdTech50. We have to go back in and continually edit, check for accuracy, check for bias, make sure it's meeting and serving the needs of our students. Introducing Dan Fitzpatrick So we are going to start with Dan.

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Classroom Tools Data Twitter 427

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Francisco Partners, a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, acquired the Company in 2018 and will remain a major shareholder. The new investment from Blackstone will enable the Company to further accelerate organic growth initiatives and innovation across its product suite.

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Company Assessment Software Differentiated Instruction 56

Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2019

Coding bootcamps have been quick to adopt income-share agreements, or ISAs, as they work to figure out funding models amid a fast-changing industry. One route the company is exploring is to “purchase a [nursing] school and gut it and strip it out,” Allred shares. But the ISA industry remains largely unregulated in the U.S.,

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Company Industry Outcomes Training 78

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

Over the last few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been delivering competitive advantage to businesses across a wide spectrum of industries. And while colleges can sometimes spin up new courses and degrees to meet these evolving needs, school districts can’t always make those types of quick pivots.

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STEM Robotics Course Social Media 215

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

She emailed the company to learn that it was not. “It Horton, who teaches math and writing to fourth- and fifth-graders at Fremont Elementary School in Springfield, Missouri, says this is the first program that she and a coworker have found that meets their needs for math and writing instruction. It had raised about $4.8

Tools 83

Tools Company Instructional Materials Tablets 83

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Now, a couple with similar industry cred has a similar vision—along with plenty of funding. “We Avida is the husband of Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller, and one of the first board members of the company that helped put the spotlight on massive online open courses, or MOOCs. But they are not done with higher education yet.

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Coursera Personalized Learning Learning Blackboard 113

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Since the company’s founding by Vaid and her husband Sohit Wadhwa a decade ago, ParentSquare has become the premier unified school-home engagement platform for K-12 education. The Santa Barbara-based company now serves almost half of all schools in California and has expanded to 44 states. About ParentSquare.

Company 52

Company EdTech Industry System 52

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

Usually, when a hot startup gets acquired by an even hotter one, the industry cheers. Two years ago, the “college-alternative” company launched to glowing coverage on TV shows, raised $11.5 Fast Company, which broke the story , reported that the acquisition was an all-stock deal. How did it start and end so quickly?

Chegg 83

Chegg Company Industry Data 83

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. Related: Could the online for-profit college industry be a ‘winner in this crisis’? Today the company serves 157,000 in 30 states. Nemergut enrolled all three girls. At Stride Inc., Stride Inc.,

E-rate 126

E-rate Pearson Company Report 126

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In the push to get more students into college and on career-ready tracks, fewer and fewer high school students are making the jump into one of the industries that employs the most Americans : manufacturing. Additional funding came from community donors and companies themselves, like GE Power, which contributed $500,000.

Robotics 76

Robotics Industry Company Training 76

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Across industries, companies are scrambling to keep up with the rapidly changing consumer tides—education isn’t immune to these changes. A school who fails to meet students’ digital expectations may be seen as inferior to a school who has developed their technological strategy. Just having a site isn’t enough.

Smartphone 77

Smartphone Laptops Tablets Industry 77

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

With a huge shortage of college graduates in data and computer science, tech companies are taking matters into their own hands and providing education directly to prospective tech workers. The industry would be very satisfied if higher education was taking care of it,” said Eaton. “I CompTIA projects that 1.8

Sony 93

Sony Microsoft Industry Company 93

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. The 2016 Ghost Ship fire that claimed 36 lives occurred a few blocks from the Code Next lab.

Industry 135

Industry STEM Education Survey 135

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2017

But some say what Guild is doing is simply repackaging what the for-profit education industry has done for a long time—recruiting working students who have access to tuition dollars through their employers. Carlson explains, “The university gets paid the tuition price, but in most cases the company picks up the majority of the bill.”

Kaplan 77

Kaplan Education Company Industry 77

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Like last year , we’ve also added a selection of editor’s picks—our favorite stories, op-eds and investigations from the past year spotlighting how the education system is meeting a diverse array of challenges. What should the companies do? Our six-month investigation revealed a dark side to a booming industry. Happy New Year!

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Elementary Company Industry Outcomes 96

Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2018

She says if she was still using Facebook groups, she doesn’t think the recent news about the company would bother her. I was trying to be more aware of what I was allowing into my brain,” says Barclay, who graduated in 2016. It was difficult for her to say in the loop about fundraisers and meetings that her university would hold.

Facebook 79

Facebook Social Media Moodle Edmodo 79

The Game Agency

JANUARY 9, 2019

A: The Game Agency is a software development company focused on building game-based solutions that make K-College and corporate training more effective. Our games are available in >20,000 schools and used by hundreds of companies including Amazon, Comcast, IBM, Kellogg, PayPal, Philips, Siemens, and Wells Fargo.

Training 40

Training Outcomes Mobility Company 40

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. The edtech industry made big strides during this era. 2004-2011: Washington Leans In.

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Kaplan Technology Education EdTech 161