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Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

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Publicly traded education technology companies are rare. as the remaining trio of prominent edtech companies on the U.S. CLAS.U), a special purpose acquisition company headed by CEO Michael Moe, raised $225 million in its IPO. At the top of the iceberg, above the water, are the public companies, and that’s pretty limited.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Udemy, Tynker Raise Funds; PeopleAdmin Acquires TeacherMatch

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A number of ed-tech companies, including Udemy and Tynker, have raked in funds from investors over the past week. Udemy Raises $60 Million: Udemy , a San Francisco-based online provider of courses, received a $60 million strategic investment from Internet and entertainment group Naspers through its Naspers Ventures division.

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How to Become an Online Teacher Abroad

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Online teachers have to perform their job and meet the needs of their students virtually.That being the case, success in online teaching requires a slightly different set of skills besides the mainstream teaching skills. The onus lies in finding out what skills companies are looking for in online teachers and working on having them.

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K-12 Dealmaking: Kaplan Launches New Practice in U.S.; BoomStartup Taking Ed Tech Accelerator Applications

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million to Ellevation , a company focused on building the skills of English-language learners. Here’s a roundup of the past week’s activity: Udemy Acquires Talentbuddy. Udemy, a San Francisco-based online provider of courses, acquired Talentbuddy , a platform for programmers and others to acquire skills.

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?Filling the Other Skills Gap

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And in the market of companies tackling the infamous employment gap between willing workers and open jobs, this maxim appears correct. The collection of edtech companies aimed at prepping educated, but still underprepared workers represents a virtual stampede of unicorns. This dichotomy is not lost on investors.

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The Features And Benefits Of The XP-Pen Drawing Tablet In The Classroom

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Thankfully, there are technology companies offering more niche educational tools to insert some flexibility, spontaneity, and creativity into the blended learning environment. One such company is XP-Pen and their series of tablets. It’s also easy to use the tablets with Microsoft Onenote, PowerPoint, and interactive whiteboards.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Edsurge : “As LinkedIn ’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges.” Via The New York Times : “ Climate Science Meets a Stubborn Obstacle: Students.” That’s despite privacy concerns about the company. ” Accreditation and Certification. million total.