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Earnings Roundup: How Public Edtech Companies Fared Following the Outbreak

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Chegg The bottom line: Chegg’s first quarter delighted investors. Fueling that growth is Chegg Services, which brought in just over $100 million in revenue last quarter, a 33 percent increase over Q1 2019. The company also owns an online coding bootcamp, Thinkful, which it acquired for $80 million last year. What’s ahead?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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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 September 2010, Techcrunch founder Mike Arrington announced that Kno had raised $46 million from Andreessen-Horowitz and other investors. Common Core State Standards. Apple sneers about this.

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