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Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

Edsurge

Publicly traded education technology companies are rare. That leaves 2U, Chegg and Stride (formerly known as K12 Inc.) as the remaining trio of prominent edtech companies on the U.S. CLAS.U), a special purpose acquisition company headed by CEO Michael Moe, raised $225 million in its IPO. public market.

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Top Trends Higher Education Textbook Publishers Must Follow

Kitaboo on EdTech

The budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year requested an approximate $7.1 Rather than giving out a default collection of chapters in every eBook, let them choose their own learning resources and create personalized learning materials. Today, a lot of companies offer subscription-based services.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

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.” the nation’s largest virtual charter school management company , as president of academics, policy, and schools. ” (No. .”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” (I’m including this here because all of these entities – Kushner’s family, the companies he received loans from – have education investments too.). ” (Learndirect is a job training company that has a major contract with the UK government.). Via Edsurge : “ Cheating on Chegg ?