Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

Publicly traded education technology companies are rare. That leaves 2U, Chegg and Stride (formerly known as K12 Inc.) as the remaining trio of prominent edtech companies on the U.S. CLAS.U), a special purpose acquisition company headed by CEO Michael Moe, raised $225 million in its IPO. public market.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2020

When Course Hero raised $10 million in early February, the amount seemed curiously small for $1.1 As it turns out, the company wasn’t done fundraising. The deal pushes the company’s Series B round to $80 million. (It Capitalizing on increased usage seems to be the formula among edtech companies seeking new money this year.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2022

But if they want to thrive, both groups might need to learn to meet each other’s gaze. To compete, companies will have to “relentlessly” focus on learning outcomes, just as educational institutions will have to focus on the business outcomes of their institution, Chou said. The companies note that they forbid cheating.)

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

That appears to be the hope of officials at the two companies, which have both been trying for years to shift the focus of their businesses from selling print books to shipping software and other online tools, and have recently been experimenting with subscription models. Only about 20 percent of courses in the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2022

Before, I would say to myself, ‘I’m going to spend 20 hours of my [budget] on chemistry tutoring because I know that’s a high-challenge course,’” explains Kelli Listenbee, director of learning support services at Arkansas State. “We And sometimes tutors were sitting waiting to help, but no students came in to get the benefit.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2018

But some companies are jumping the gun. Chegg appears to have borrowed a page from Duolingo’s previous shenanigan for the Osmosis Pillow , which takes “memory foam” to another level. No courses. Company leaders promise (fingers crossed!) It used to be that people waited until today to unleash their pranks. No classes.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

In the TV series Shark Tank, entrepreneurs with budding companies pitch their ideas to a panel of investors who ask probing questions and then decide whether to back the proposals. Freund: When I sold my previous company, I had some time at my hands for the first time really in my life. Each spoke from a different perspective — Ms.

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