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. It’s hard to remember now, but many industry colleagues felt edtech was a frothy market in 2017.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

The sudden shift gave leaders at DreamBox Learning, a math education company headquartered nearby, an early glimpse at the upheaval to come and an inkling that digital teaching tools would soon be in high demand around the country. That strained the company, but it also notched DreamBox record levels of renewals.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Indian online education startup Byju’s, which already reached the billion-dollar valuation from private investors in 2018, can now claim a new distinction: “decacorn.” That’s the industry lingo for companies valued at $10 billion or more. Perhaps more, the company says it is profitable, with over 3.5

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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. billion, making its total valuation more than $4.7

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2018

From Formula 1 to Yelp, industries across the board are seeking ways to apply machine learning to their work. But how is machine learning playing out in education—and how does it impact not just students, educators and parents, but also the businesses building technology tools to support teaching and learning?

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2018

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. Investing is humbling because we inevitably miss out on or pass on companies that go on to achieve great success in realizing their mission.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

Not so fast, say education publishers and retailers. Instead, educators asked how quickly it could print out materials. billion, according to the Software & Industry Information Association. The industry has been proven wrong so many times. Just ask Jessica Reid Sliwerski, CEO of Open Up Resources. billion to $3.3

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The industry has spawned celebrity millionaires in South Korea. In the heartland of America, one company is raising big bucks in a bid to capture this lucrative market. This week, Varsity Tutors raised $50 million in a Series C round led by Learn Capital, an education-focused venture firm. Tutoring is big business.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 25, 2019

The state of the US higher education market looks slightly subdued on account of the fact that the government has reduced funding for higher education. billion cut in funding for the education department, compared to a 10% decrease in 2019. In order to offer the latest and updated course material to higher education students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

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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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The 34-year-old felt rewarded in his job as a seventh-grade teacher, but he knew that a job in the tech industry would yield more pay plus more time with his wife and his two kids. The San Francisco-based company has plans to reach more learners now that it’s raised an $11 million post-Series A financing round.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Last quarter, online program management company 2U shocked investors with worse than expected losses and, going forward, lower average program enrollment for some of its largest online graduate programs. based company’s leadership remained foggy on some aspects of its strategy to survive in an increasingly competitive industry.

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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. It won’t be that complicated,” he said.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

edtech companies last year, the dollars returned with a fury during the first six months of 2017. put $150 million in Hero K12 , and Bain Capital, whose Double Impact Fund is on the hunt for promising (and lucrative) education teams. Several private-equity-backed companies have invested heavily in the “platform” approach.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

This is the first round of funding for the Los Angeles-based company, which has been bootstrapped since its founding in 2013. CreatorUp is a digital media studio and training company with an educational program to train aspiring creative professionals in business and digital production.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Follett Corporation, a textbook distribution company, announced this week that it has agreed to adopt a set of “ Anti-Counterfeit Best Practices ,” a list of guidelines co-developed and endorsed by four major textbook publishers. I think this sends a message to others in the industry to what the expectation is now.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 11, 2024

This blog post is dedicated to all my fellow educators who are considering a second job. From online tutoring and freelance writing to educational consulting and beyond, I’ll highlight opportunities that not only align with our teaching skills but also offer flexibility and fulfillment. Summer Camp Instructor Conclusion 1.

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

Three of the country’s largest publishers, Pearson Education, McGraw-Hill Education and Cengage Learning, are suing Follett Corporation, a major textbook distributor, on charges of selling counterfeit textbooks in its stores. Other textbook distributors, including Chegg, Inc.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

Usually, when a hot startup gets acquired by an even hotter one, the industry cheers. Two years ago, the “college-alternative” company launched to glowing coverage on TV shows, raised $11.5 Fast Company, which broke the story , reported that the acquisition was an all-stock deal. How did it start and end so quickly?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2016

Now pretend that it’s late 2011, and we get into a debate about education technology. I’m excited for the industry’s future, and I think we can make money investing in publicly-traded edtech companies. You disagree and say that we’re both better off investing across a wider variety of industries. Basket Weaving.

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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. Financial terms were not disclosed, although the entire education operating system was reset as a result of the transaction. See how easy that was?”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2020

Universal online testing has created a documented increase in cheating, often because universities, colleges and testing companies were unprepared for the scale of the transformation or unable or unwilling to pay for safeguards, according to faculty and testing experts. And for most online test-takers, no one has been watching.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

As origin stories go, the founding of Blackboard twenty years ago lacked that single light bulb moment that tech companies like to tell. Here are some lessons I learned about what makes the higher education market unique. The winner of the LMS market would be the company with the most widely adopted platform.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

He envisioned a game-based educational platform used by teachers and students to learn about science and the environment. And he had interest from educators who wanted to try Planet3 in schools that included the Las Vegas area. But at an all-hands meeting at the company’s Washington, D.C. Nineteen states and D.C.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2018

The company reemerged a year later intent on growing its digital offerings and making more strategic acquisitions and partnerships. We as an industry have chosen for a long time to basically ignore that—or have more or less been paying lip service to them. Chegg provides, amongst other things, tutoring services.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2019

Over the past decade, Michael Moe and his business partner, Deborah Quazzo, have been central players in building the education technology economy. A decade ago, Moe had two galvanizing ideas—one focused on investment opportunities and one on education. EdSurge: What started you thinking about education as a place to invest?

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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. True, our panel didn’t have any money to invest.

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Mick Zais has been confirmed as the Deputy Secretary of Education.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

(National) Education Politics. The AP interviews US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos , who laments “she didn’t decry racism enough.” ” Via Politico : “New marching orders from Betsy DeVos’ civil rights chief have the Education Department churning through civil rights complaints.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, as the next head of civil rights at the Department of Education.” ” Via Education Week : “The Polarizing Pick to Be Betsy DeVos ’ Right-Hand Man.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics. schools Supt.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2015

New program helps stars extend influence, interest in education. Students will have the chance to connect directly with celebrities in one-on-one tutoring sessions through Chegg Tutors: VIP Edition. All tutoring sessions will take place this fall through Chegg’s online tutoring platform, Chegg Tutors.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

*Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (Oh National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the massive review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Immigration and Education.

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