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Chegg Cuts $15 Million Check to Buy AI-Feedback Tool, WriteLab

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Chegg announced today that it bought the Berkeley-based startup for about $15 million in an all-cash transaction. They started the company to solve a challenge that they both knew well: how to provide fast and actionable feedback to writing students. Prior to buying WriteLab, in October 2017 Chegg paid €12.5

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9 Good Online Math Tutoring Websites for Kids and Students

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It is their job to teach your children how to conduct mental math and help them succeed in their math exams. Also, experienced instructors know how to keep children interested and motivated to get the most remarkable learning outcomes. Chegg Chegg is a website and app where students can access a wide range of resources.

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With No Study Buddies, More College Students Turn to Cheating

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With so many classes online during the pandemic—many of them taught by professors still struggling to figure out how to teach in the format—students are increasingly turning to homework-help websites. I reached out to Chegg, and sure enough, business there is booming. Students pay for a subscription of $14.99

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The Pandemic Is Changing How Colleges Offer Tutoring. Will Students Use It?

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During the past two years of the COVID-19 crisis, there has been a spike in student use of so-called homework help websites —including Chegg and Course Hero—which market themselves as providing study aids but which many professors see as designed to aid student cheating. We’re teaching students how to read their textbooks.

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Top EdSurge Higher Education Stories of 2021

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Young Research into how to hold students’ attention in online courses. More Students Are Using Chegg to Cheat. By Sean Gallagher and Holly Zanville Major companies are focusing on broadly applicable tech skill sets such as IT support, cloud computing and digital marketing, explain the authors of this opinion article. It Depends.

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The Post-Pandemic Outlook for Edtech

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By mid-March, schools closed, sending students home to figure out how to keep learning from their kitchen tables. But how to make the most of the moment? Even students with access to technology may struggle with remote learning that does not accommodate their special education needs. billion in venture capital.

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2U Defends Trilogy Bootcamp Purchase

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We need to offer students options to further their educational goals whether they're looking for skills attainment from something like a short course to learn how to use AI in their job or something like a doctor of physical therapy which is like a three-year life changer.” Yet, 2U CEO Paucek defended the purchase to analysts.

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