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What Are Students’ Top Interests for 2020?

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NoRedInk is an adaptive writing curriculum that engages students by personalizing exercises according to their interests. Based on these suggestions, the company has added 180 new interests for the 2020–21 school year, bringing the total number of interests on the site to nearly 1,000. Top student interests. Actress: Zendaya.

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The Next Edtech IPO Might Be This London-Based Language Learning Company

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Niesner claims the company is on track to hit $40 million in revenue in 2020. The company is still shy of the $100 million revenue threshold commonly associated with IPO-ready companies. The company reached 25 million users by 2012 and 55 million users three years later. The company has raised $4.4

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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. From the forms the company filed with the SEC last month, we learned the company conducted a study to evaluate Duolingo’s effectiveness versus traditional university language courses.

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Exploring new ideas and skills in the summer

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There are daily live-streamed courses being offered by Cosmourse, a London based company. JCAL is offering a lot of great choices for students and adults looking to learn about a variety of dance and exercise styles. ISTE is offering a Summer Learning Academy with webinars and micro-courses from July 13 – 31, 2020.

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Guild’s Mission to Create a Smarter, Better Workforce Is Just the Beginning

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Today more than 3 million employees are eligible for Guild programs through their employers, including those at Walmart, Chipotle and the Walt Disney Company. million in funding and the company is valued at more than $1 billion. In this first half of 2020, Guild added 200 employees, growing into a team of 700.

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Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding

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Founded in 2011, the New York-based company has built a hugely popular training platform that has helped millions of students learn to code over the last decade. But the New York-based company had already served 45 million students in more than 190 countries before the pandemic hit. “We A sample project in Codecademy.

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Can You Say Unicorn? Duolingo Raises $30 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation

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For the third time this year, an American education technology company is laying claim to the magical “unicorn” status. To date, company has raised $138 million. Founded in 2012, Duolingo claims more than 300 million users, of whom 30 million are active on a monthly basis, according to the company. billion in 2020 to $10.5