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

Edsurge

That leaves 2U, Chegg and Stride (formerly known as K12 Inc.) In 2020, 248 SPACs raised more than $83 billion —more than four times the companies, and six times the funding, over the previous year. He was an early investor in Chegg, which went public in 2013 and whose stock more than doubled in 2020. 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. So, the universities are finding it difficult to manage their operating costs.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From the Coursera blog : “Building India ’s Workforce for 2020.” And in Edsurge, Amber Oliver and Michael Horn write , “Without the Right Curriculum , Personalized Learning Is Just Another Fad.” Chegg has acquired Cogeon for $15 million. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. (

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

From The Express Tribune in Pakistan : “Around 500,000 laptops are likely to be distributed among talented and deserving students by the year 2020, according to Prime Minister Youth Programme Chairwoman Leila Khan.” ” Via the Google blog : “Learn with Google AI: Making ML education available to everyone.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students.

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