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Quizlet Just Raised $30M at a $1 Billion Valuation. But Don’t Call It a Unicorn.

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Unicorns don’t exist, except as an analogy for private companies supposedly worth at least $1 billion. But Glotzbach’s point is that camels are hardy and steady—just as he hopes his company can be. Coursera ( $1.7B ). With this latest fundraise, the San Francisco-based company has raised $62 million in venture capital to date.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

This is the second part of my much-abbreviated look at the stories that were told about education technology in 2018 – and in this case, the people who funded the storytellers. I assumed that they looked to see if the company could do what it promised – financially, technologically. The Biggest Investments of 2018.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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From the Coursera blog : “Announcing ‘ AI for Everyone ’: a new course from deeplearning.ai on Coursera.” is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) h/t @CarlySidey pic.twitter.com/BL8lDVLMA4 — Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) November 12, 2018. More from Edsurge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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… The state has until September 1, 2018 ‘to fully implement its program for basic education’ and it must have a plan for funding and implementing ‘by the final adjournment of the 2017 legislative session,’ the court said in a ruling written by Chief Justice Barbara Madsen.” Raise $146.1

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” (Related: “Theranos investor Tim Draper blames the company’s downfall on an investigative journalist,” Business Insider reports.). ” ECOT is the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, an online charter school company. douglevin) June 11, 2018. ” Testing. .” ” Labor and Management.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Edsurge profiles Dr. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. ( No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” . “Reviving the MOOC ” – an op-ed by Stephen Downes.

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hey siri show me a vision of hell made especially for me pic.twitter.com/wbs9E7BuKf — Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) July 19, 2018. Swedish student single-handedly prevents deportation of Afghan asylum seeker by refusing to sit down on flight pic.twitter.com/5YdS7EBF9X — The Independent (@Independent) July 25, 2018.