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Education Is the New Healthcare, and Other Trends Shaping Edtech Investing

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In bringing affordable education to the workplace, companies like InStride, Guild, Degreed and EdAssist are addressing the biggest issues in higher education: career relevance and student debt. Broadband penetration in K-12 schools reached over 98 percent , while low-cost computing devices like Chromebooks have proliferated in classrooms.

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Mission (Almost) Accomplished: Nonprofit EducationSuperHighway Prepares to Sunset

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But it’s a move both the industry and founder and CEO Evan Marwell are celebrating. Instead, EducationSuperHighway is sunsetting because, well, that’s what Marwell always intended it to do—once the organization reached its expressed goal of connecting 99 percent of K-12 students to high-speed broadband. We’re almost to the end.”

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