Edsurge
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
And as it turns out, edtech companies are attracting a premium from buyers as well. Schacht credits the growing availability of broadband internet in schools for helping “get his product into the hands of teachers directly.” Much of the company’s growth has come through these channels. In August 2019, the Silver Spring, Md.-based
Edsurge
DECEMBER 30, 2019
But computing power, device adoption, pervasive broadband and exponentially networked collaboration platforms of the past decade have already moved us to a world of information abundance. From 2008 to 2019 we have witnessed a 4,000-plus percent expansion in the number of funded edtech startups, and the best startups can become unicorns.
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Edsurge
JUNE 23, 2020
Its early work focused on lobbying on behalf of its members, which also included companies across the banking, financial and trade publishing sectors. SIIA also created an “incubator” program in 2006 to support early-stage education companies, long before the idea became popular in the edtech industry. billion in U.S. billion in U.S.
Edsurge
APRIL 26, 2019
The newest voices in that choir come from Bill and Melinda Gates, who declared that “ textbooks are becoming obsolete ” in their 2019 annual letter. higher education courseware in 2015, down from 50 percent the year before, according to a 2018 report from Macquarie, an investment bank and financial services company. It’s a coexistence.
Edsurge
APRIL 9, 2020
According to a 2019 Pew Research Center report, 96 percent of adults own a cell phone and 81 percent own a smartphone. And broadband Internet connections aren’t available everywhere, especially in rural parts of the U.S. Here are three alternative ideas for how to ensure students can learn from home when necessary.
Edsurge
MAY 29, 2020
households with less than $30,000 in income have broadband at home. Source: Pew Research Center Companies like ours are currently experiencing unprecedented demand. To date, much of the discussion around the digital divide has focused on the lack of devices and internet access: Only 56 percent of U.S.
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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