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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is down 43.8 We wouldn’t be surprised if 2U or Chegg were taken private in the next year, since both companies have strong fundamentals and exceptional human capital. Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) is down 50.8 percent, the company went public via SPAC in June 2021 at $10/share. Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY) is down 47.1

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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

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That year, the company received a $150,000 grant Small Business Innovation Research grant from the federal government to prototype its product in two classrooms. Among those who tried include Osman Rashid, the co-founder of Chegg and Kno, who launched Galxyz in 2014 to build a science video games for grades three to 12.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Udacity has updated its online "classroom." ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. In other STEM news, Pornhub awards a “women in tech” scholarship. " It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Atlantic : “It’s Getting Harder for International STEM Students to Find Work After Graduation.” “ Is Running a Company Like Leading a Classroom? ” A data breach at Chegg – more details in the data and surveillance section below. ” Education in the Courts. Does He Want To?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via CNET : “ Trump signs laws to promote women in STEM.” “ Apple ’s Devices Lose Luster in American Classrooms,” according to The New York Times. Via The Atlantic : “The STEM Superhero of Sesame Street.” ” Here’s the Department of Education press release.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. They’re distracted.

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