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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Udemy (skills training) – $173 million. In April, Education Week’s Market Brief reported on a study by the consortium claiming school districts could save billions if they shared with one another the details about what they were paying for hardware and software. Yuanfandao (tutoring) –- $210 million.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

Online education (admittedly, a very generic category): Investments include Udemy ($60,000,000), DigiSchool ($15,700,000), MasterClass ($15,000,000), UNICAF ($12,000,000), OpenClassroom ($6,740,000). ” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms.