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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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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 percent, the company went public via SPAC in June 2021 at $10/share. Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY) is down 47.1

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Springboard Raises $11 Million to Expand Mentor-Driven Coding Bootcamps

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Graduates have landed jobs with employers like Microsoft, Facebook and Boeing. As for corporate learning, Springboard boasts that it’s trained teams at the likes of Facebook, Visa and Target. Bootcamps have been acquisition targets as well, with Chegg scooping up Thinkful and 2U buying Trilogy.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Facebook gets in the “ literacy ” business. “Facebook’s News Literacy Advice Is Harmful to News Literacy,” says Mike Caulfield. ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. In other STEM news, Pornhub awards a “women in tech” scholarship. Not really.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Atlantic : “It’s Getting Harder for International STEM Students to Find Work After Graduation.” ” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. Via Techcrunch : “ Chegg resets 40 million user passwords after data breach.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In an era before Facebook or Edmodo, the social networking site Ning was, for a time, quite popular with educators. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president. Personalized Learning" Software (and Facebook and Summit Public Schools).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via CNET : “ Trump signs laws to promote women in STEM.” Via The Atlantic : “The STEM Superhero of Sesame Street.” ” Via the press release : “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill Education , and Pearson have joined forces with Ingram and Chegg , Inc. The cause : a typo. ” Grover.