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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

With new technology constantly evolving with new and enhanced features to improve the student learning experience, textbook publishers needed to keep up with them. Rather than giving out a default collection of chapters in every eBook, let them choose their own learning resources and create personalized learning materials.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Intercept : “These Are the Technology Firms Lining Up to Build Trump’s ‘Extreme Vetting’ Program.” Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” ISTE has hired Joseph South as its Chief Learning Officer.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. “ Is Running a Company Like Leading a Classroom? Via The Outline : “The rise and fall of the company behind ’ Reader Rabbit’ and all your favorite educational games.” million from Naspers and Learn Capital.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). ” Via Campus Technology : “ Southern New Hampshire U to launch Competency-Based Master’s in Online Ed.” ” Via Campus Technology : “ Unizin Partners with edX , Cengage.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via The Wall Street Journal : “ California plans to sue one of the nation’s largest student loan companies.” ” That’s the Indiana Agriculture and Technology School , which Chalkbeat investigated earlier this year.