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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

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NYSE: COUR), Udemy, Inc. Udemy (NASDAQ: UDMY) is down 52.4 MOOCs topped the cycle in 2012. Here’s why 2021 was a banner year for U.S. education and workforce technology companies: Six companies went public at valuations above $1 billion: PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. NYSE: PWSC), Duolingo, Inc. NYSE: INST), Coursera, Inc.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). “The Future of MOOCs Might Not Be Free ,” suggests Education Week’s Market Brief with an observation that many of us made back in 2012. ” Also via The New York Times : “A Mission to Bring STEM Skills, and Robots, to Children in West Africa.”