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Early Edtech Giant PowerSchool Goes Public

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Companies like to talk about their journey in raising money and growing over time, and one waypost for such journeys is to reach the ringing bells of a stock-market debut. heard those bells today, as the company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange—though the initial price ended up on the low end of expectations.

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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. And it turns out that online language learning is the fastest-growing market segment within the edtech industry. billion, making its total valuation more than $4.7

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A Tale of Two American Education Systems: An Edtech Investor’s Perspective

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She shares one computer with her family of five, lacks home internet access and uses a smartphone to connect online. And it means funding companies and founders who are committed to closing the digital divide. Education funders must invest in gap-closing edtech solutions. Maria is also in the sixth grade.

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Education Is the New Healthcare, and Other Trends Shaping Edtech Investing

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In bringing affordable education to the workplace, companies like InStride, Guild, Degreed and EdAssist are addressing the biggest issues in higher education: career relevance and student debt. A recent study by the University of Pennsylvania, only 30 percent of edtech licenses are actually used. hours on social media. A group of U.S.

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How to Create Apps in the Classroom and Inspire Design Thinking

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I love how my students can edit together but can also view live changes on their smartphones using a QR code demo that is still private just to them and me. You know, I don't have a lot of companies on here. And then I interviewed her down at the company, and then Alefiya and I became friends. Now, it's not a commercial.

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Cool Cat Teacher’s 31 Favorite Everyday Tools I’m Using Right Now #edtech

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DJI Phone Camera Gimbal from OSMO Mobile [link] – the price has dropped from $399 to $299 from when I bought it so the price I stated in the podcast is actually lower now – a handheld “tripod” for smartphones. iKross Tripod with adapters for smartphones, tablets, GoPro, and DSLR Camera – [link].

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Look Who’s Talking—Code.org Founder and CEO Hadi Partovi on the Hype and Hope of AI in edtech

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AI Is Changing the World: A Conversation on Education’s Future Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM US EDT In true grand finale fashion, #CoSN2024 will wrap up #CoSN2024 with a pair of industry heavyweights talking through what might be the most momentous point in edtech history. And if you think about. It didn’t have.

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