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Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

Edsurge

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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Top Trends Higher Education Textbook Publishers Must Follow

Kitaboo on EdTech

Rather than giving out a default collection of chapters in every eBook, let them choose their own learning resources and create personalized learning materials. This chapter-based content selection will enable higher education students to take and combine specific learning content that suits their learning needs.

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Look Who’s Talking—Michael Trucano from the Brookings Institution on AI in education

eSchool News

He most recently served for eight years as the World Bank’s global lead for technology and innovation in education and co-founded its edtech team, which coordinated assistance to governments around the world as they deployed remote learning programs in response to extended school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. 00:02:57 Yeah.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “2-Pronged Strategy Against ‘ Gainful ’ Rule.” ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer. Larry Cuban on personalized learning : part 1 and part 2.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Reader, they were not.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Betsy DeVos ’s For-Profit Strategy Is Risky – for Betsy DeVos,” says an op-ed in The Chronicle of Higher Education. ” Via Education Week : “Security Companies Sell School ‘Hardening’ as Mass-Shooting Solution.” The language learning company has raised $12.5