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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

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edtech companies raised over $800 million in the first half of 2020. Many of its services are similar to those offered by Chegg, a publicly traded education company that has also seen a meteoric growth in usage and revenue since the pandemic hit. Its revenue surpassed $100 million last year, and is on track to exceed that in 2020.

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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Not all established edtech products are compliant with policies that protect students with disabilities, which is causing schools extra grief during the pandemic, Krull says: “For newer edtech companies trying to get into districts, that would be a good thing to have high on their list. billion in venture capital.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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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. Chegg has acquired Cogeon for $15 million. Chuck about his work on MOOCs with Coursera. (

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. 3D Printing.

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