Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2019

Other investors include education technology executives, like Penn Foster CEO Frank Britt and Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig, along with Zynga founder Mark Pincus and Flatiron Health CEO, Nat Turner. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows these opportunities are on the rise, with 284,000 manufacturing jobs added in 2018.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. The Omidyar Network has invested $850,000 in the “future of tech” research organization Data & Society. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Where Every Student Is a Potential Data Point.”

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Hack Education

MAY 18, 2018

Via EdScoop : “ Google adds new terms to comply with Connecticut student data privacy laws.” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches Youth Portal to educate teens on the platform, how their data is being used.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Chegg has acquired WriteLab for $15 million.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Via Gamasutra : “Parents take Subway Surfers devs to court over alleged misuse of kids’ data.” ” A master of science in data journalism from Columbia University’s School of Journalism. ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.” In Journalism?”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

” Via NPR : “Data Shows 99% Of Applicants For A Student Loan Forgiveness Program Were Denied.” ” There’s more data on student loans in the research and data section at the bottom. ” A data breach at Chegg – more details in the data and surveillance section below.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

“This Company Wants to Gather Student Brainwave Data to Measure ‘Engagement’,” Edsurge writes. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Chegg has acquired Cogeon for $15 million. Via Reveal News : “Hidden figures: How Silicon Valley keeps diversity data secret.”

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Hack Education

JULY 6, 2018

Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Illuminate Education and Key Data Systems and IO Education and SchoolCity and Alpine Achievement are all merging. Chegg has acquired the flashcard app StudyBlue for $20.8 Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” That would be the founders of Minerva and Wayfinding.

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