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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. In 2009, our team at Kaplan Ventures invested in a virtual reality corporate training startup that was ten years too early.

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Stale Words and Hackneyed Ideas That Make Edtech Investors Cringe

Edsurge

Chegg (or Amazon for that matter)? Kaplan , Princeton Review , Tutor.com … the list goes on and on. MOOCs or General Assembly for country X. Startups that are attempting to build the following tools are at least 10 years too late to the party, especially if they’re attempting to tackle the US market. How are you better than.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports. ” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via Edsurge : “ Andrew Ng , Co-Founder of Coursera , Returns to MOOC Teaching With New AI Course.” Via The New York Times : “U.S.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Gotta keep that MOOC hype alive. “ MOOCs Find a New Audience with On-Campus Students,” Edsurge claims.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” That’s Kaplan , in case you can’t keep all these for-profit disasters straight. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Chegg has acquired the flashcard app StudyBlue for $20.8 Via Chalkbeat : “Facing state scrutiny, Indiana charter school steps back from virtual plan.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. In 2013, on the heels of “the Year of the MOOC,” Barber released a report titled “An Avalanche is Coming,” calling for the “unbundling” of higher education. Uber for Education". “We

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