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. edtech startups raised $2.2
Edsurge
APRIL 6, 2022
While they’re both ostensibly working to make education as strong as possible, educators and edtech don’t always see eye to eye. Observers of the space, for instance, have long noted that teachers are often excluded from edtech procurement , as are higher ed faculty and staff. The companies note that they forbid cheating.)
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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
As companies race to come out with tools they claim can detect when prose was written by a bot, some are wondering whether a previous generation of homework-help tools might soon be rendered obsolete. The homework-help business — led by giants like Chegg and Course Hero — has long been both profitable and controversial.
Edsurge
AUGUST 21, 2019
The latest quarterly earnings for publicly traded education technology companies was especially rough for 2U , which revised its loss guidance for the year and stated that it expected enrollment challenges to its core business of running online graduate programs with universities. based company tumbling to historic lows. (It
Edsurge
APRIL 1, 2022
In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. So now is the perfect time to reflect on the state of edtech. Today’s K12 educators are more digitally native than ever before.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Just in the past few months, a law student sued an automated proctoring company , students have complained about their use in student newspaper editorials and professors have compared them to Big Brother. There is a lot of concern in higher ed about Chegg and Course Hero,” Urdan says, “which everyone acknowledges are cheating tools.” "We
Edsurge
MAY 12, 2020
For instance, education companies that rely on corporate customers may take a hit, as those clients look to cut costs. While COVID-19 hit at the tail end of the first quarter, some publicly traded education companies already reported an impact on their Q1 2020 earnings. Chegg The bottom line: Chegg’s first quarter delighted investors.
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