Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2017

So far this year, these companies raised over $1.2 These diverging patterns are reflected in the graph below, with the upward trend in funding total (green bars) and downward slope in dealflow (red lines). billion—does not account for companies whose primary product and service focus on student loan refinancing. Source: EdSurge.

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EdTech Pearson Company Knewton 100

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2018

These trends raise a host of questions about the future of credentialing. Nicola Soares, vice president and managing director for Kelly Educational Staffing at Kelly Services, who has her finger on the pulse of employment and hiring trends. Read highlights from the conversation below (which have been edited and condensed for clarity).

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Coursera Trends Training MOOC 100

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” ” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. The company has raised some $77.5

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

education technology companies raised $1.45 And that dip in dealflow has been happening in recent years: Investors are pouring more money into the edtech industry, but across fewer companies. On the whole, bigger but fewer deals is a trend common across all U.S. Last year, U.S. The funding total in 2018 also eclipsed the $1.2

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EdTech Company Industry Edmodo 151

Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

Just call your credit card company and ask for an extension on your line of credit, instructors purportedly told students. What are MOOCs, for example? We can reconstitute (and not simply hand over the “reconstituting” to god or to venture capitalists or to technology company CEOs or to whomever). We can act.

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Conference Course MOOC Technology 63

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The work is also supported by companies including Apple, Google and Expedia, as well as education organizations including the CollegeBoard, Teach For America and STEMx.” ” Industry, not the child’s imagination as Seymour would have it, largely dictates the shape and direction of the CS trend. Only “1.86

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Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Via the AP : “One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies may have driven tens of thousands of borrowers struggling with their debts into higher-cost repayment plans. the nation’s third-largest student loan servicing company.” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”).

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Education LMS Robotics E-rate 52