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

Edsurge

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. HolonIQ estimates that global spending on digital education tools surpassed $150 billion last year, and will double by 2025. A group of U.S.

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Why Teach Digital Citizenship in 2022

Fractus Learning

Projection expects that by the end of 2025, 291.2 Instead of having real live conversations, they are texting friends while sitting in the company of others. They aren’t driven by the need to respond immediately to a text message while in the company of others. Globally 2.14 billion people shopped online in 2021. million U.S.

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Stanford Experiments with Virtual Reality, Social-Emotional Learning and Oculus Rift

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Why are edtech companies and teachers interested? In April 2016, the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) announced it will work with eight states to develop policies, guidelines and benchmarks for integrating SEL into their curricula. Fast Company. Forty states expressed interest.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” Others have argued the recent rash of layoffs at tech companies belies concerns there’s a worker shortage in that sector.