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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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More than $1 billion in headline-grabbing transactions are likely to be announced at the event. Chegg (NYSE: CHGG) is down 43.8 We wouldn’t be surprised if 2U or Chegg were taken private in the next year, since both companies have strong fundamentals and exceptional human capital. Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL) is down 50.8

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The 2018 EdSurde Annual Special: Surgecoin, EduWands and Other News Not Fit for Print

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Chegg appears to have borrowed a page from Duolingo’s previous shenanigan for the Osmosis Pillow , which takes “memory foam” to another level. The student controlling the robot remotely is calling the event a “freak accident,” and is asking for a grade boost as amends. He doesn’t register for classes on the school’s LMS.

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Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe

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If you go to startup pitch events, you’ve seen it happen: An entrepreneur says something—something so naïve, egregious and hackneyed—that it makes the investors, along with educators who are now increasingly in the audience, physically cringe. Chegg (or Amazon for that matter)? Yet another LMS. Yet another student book exchange.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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It’s now become a way in which educational events, organizations, and institutions dole out funding for projects. Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. Or rather, their interest wasn’t in the features of the new LMS. The TED Talk.

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