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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via New York Magazine : “Trump University Told Recruiters to Target Single Parents With Hungry Kids.” Via Education Week : “New Test Pitched As Alternative to Common Core-Focused High School Exams.” Udemy, which offers a marketplace for online classes, has raised $173 million total.

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The Business of Education Technology

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Online education (admittedly, a very generic category): Investments include Udemy ($60,000,000), DigiSchool ($15,700,000), MasterClass ($15,000,000), UNICAF ($12,000,000), OpenClassroom ($6,740,000). But, as New York Magazine quipped , “Laurene Powell Jobs is undaunted by these facts.”