Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to support educators and learners across preK-12 and postsecondary education. Some companies count their accelerator funding into their subsequent seed rounds.

EdTech 141

EdTech Coursera Knewton Analysis 141

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

It’s a major pain point in the education system: Between 40 percent to 60 percent of college students now need some form of remedial math, or English, or both, and the United States ranks 36th out of a comparison group of 79 countries in math proficiency, according to the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment.

Education 216

Education Learning Software Knewton 216

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2016

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sought to find out, and gave money to 14 colleges and universities to test some of the most popular “adaptive learning” software in the marketplace, including products from a Pearson-Knewton joint venture, from a unit of McGraw-Hill Education called ALEKS and from the Open Learning Initiative.

Software 75

Software Study Adaptive Learning Knewton 75

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2017

And indeed, according to my calculations too, the amount of money invested in education technology companies is up from this time last year and up from this time in 2015 as well. So far this year, there have been 95 investments in ed-tech companies, totaling $1.8 And yes, I do include student loan companies here.

Coursera 57

Coursera Knewton Company Udemy 57

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. If that’s what “technology” means, then every company is in the technology business – a useless distinction. …There are companies that are firmly planted in the computing sector.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40