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US Edtech Raises $803M in First Half of 2020 As COVID-19 Forces Learning Online

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“With COVID-19 jeopardizing in-school learning, we expect the widespread adoption of edtech software to continue, and this is not a short-term trend,” says Jeff Lieberman, a managing director at Insight Partners, a private equity firm that has backed nearly two dozen education companies. But not all startups are affected equally.

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European Edtech Investor Brighteye Ventures Raises $54 Million for Second Fund

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companies like Coursera are raising hundreds of millions at billion-dollar valuations. According to him, one of the fastest-growing companies in the portfolio is a driving school that offers online instructional materials and a marketplace for finding nearby driving instructors. where devices and software remain in high demand.

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The Business of Education Technology

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Daphne Koller left Coursera this year. The pressure to move towards digital assessments has fueled schools’ investments in hardware and software more than any other argument about the importance of ed-tech. The learning management system is a piece of “enterprise” software after all. The Procurement Problem.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via EdWeek’s Market Brief : “ Texas , a Prized K–12 Market , Approves Wave of Instructional Materials.” Mindwires Consulting’s Phil Hill analyzes a recent interview with Coursera ’s CEO and argues the MOOC provider is “betting on OPM market and shift to low-cost masters degrees.”