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Adapting to the ChatGPT era in education

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The propensity for students to use ChatGPT to cheat has raised concern amongst educators and even prompted several school districts, ranging from New York City Public Schools to the Los Angeles Unified School District, to issue a ban of the chatbot.

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

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And its announcement of a $40 million Series D round, led by Owl Ventures, is recognition of years of growth at the forefront of programming education. We’ve been cashflow positive for more than 18 months at this point … I think that's a rarity in the world of technology startups and in the world of fast-growth, education-technology startups.”

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K-12 Dealmaking: Chegg Acquires Easy Solutions; Age of Learning Raises $150 Million

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The month of May kicked off with a significant number of deals in the ed-tech sector, including acquisitions by Chegg and ACT, Inc. based Chegg said in a statement. based OpenEd says offers half a million assessments, homework assignments, videos, games and lesson plans to teachers, schools and districts across the United States.

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Look Who’s Talking—Michael Trucano from the Brookings Institution on AI in education

eSchool News

AI Is Changing the World: A Conversation on Education’s Future Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM US EDT #CoSN2024 might not begin in person until next week but eSchool has already started the conversation. Discover the future of learning in the AI age and gain insights into the innovative solutions reshaping classrooms.”

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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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As a string of online-education companies have gone public, including Chegg, Coursera, Kahoot and others, it seems that investors have decided that there’s enough public interest in digital learning, and they want in. Yasuko Kanno, chair of Boston University’s Language and Literacy Education department, agrees.

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Course Hero Adds $70 Million to Series B Fundraise

Edsurge

And as college campuses closed and instructors scrambled to facilitate online instruction, digital education providers like Course Hero saw a surge in usage of its services. So far there are 45,000 verified educators on the platform, up from 20,000 in August 2019, according to Grauer.

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Reach Capital’s Newest Education Technology Investment Fund Closes at $82 Million

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And now that Reach Capital is done fundraising, it will return its focus to evaluating pitches from education entrepreneurs, all vying for a piece of Reach’s new $82 million fund. based firm has established itself as a familiar name within the education technology industry. In total, this first fund supported 35 investments.