eSchool News
APRIL 11, 2023
Companies like Chegg have become multi-billion dollar platforms , which is mainly attributable to students seeking on-demand access to textbook and exam answers. For both, the simple answer traces back to the current approach to curriculum and assessment.
Marketplace K-12
MAY 6, 2016
The month of May kicked off with a significant number of deals in the ed-tech sector, including acquisitions by Chegg and ACT, Inc. In addition, several companies, including Age of Learning, CodeCombat and GotIt!, based Chegg said in a statement. Age of Learning Raises $150 Million at $1 Billion Valuation: The Glendale, Calif.-based
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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
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. Codecademy has been on our radar for a long time, as one of the early, long-standing leaders in online learning,” said Amit Patel, Owl Ventures’ managing director. “We
Edsurge
JULY 28, 2021
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. And it turns out that online language learning is the fastest-growing market segment within the edtech industry. According to Urdan, language learning in the U.S.
Edsurge
AUGUST 31, 2020
A combination of “market volatility” and “increased demand for help with remote learning led to a great opportunity to set ourselves up to raise more capital,” Grauer adds. Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year.
Edsurge
JUNE 11, 2020
By mid-March, schools closed, sending students home to figure out how to keep learning from their kitchen tables. Never before have schools and colleges so urgently needed digital tools and services to facilitate remote learning—and been less able to afford them. The pandemic came early to Seattle. And customers seem grateful. “If
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
In November, it also divested its language-learning business, Wall Street English, for $100 million. higher-education courseware and in-school assessment in the U.S. Pearson also remains just as much a testing company as a publisher, providing assessments for the K-12 market and professional certifications. billion) in 2017.
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