Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Wonder Workshop (robotics) – $41 million. Robotics , with ~ $99 million in funding. Pearson, for one.) Absorb (learning management system) – $59 million. Changingedu (tutoring) – $55 million. Yixue Education (online education) – $41 million. Prodigy Finance (student loans) – $40 million.

Trends 57

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 57

Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Even if these publications fade away , the breathless stories about the possibilities of brainwave-reading mindfulness headbands and " mind-reading robot tutors in the sky " continue to be told. Pearson sold its US K-12 curriculum business for $250 million. PowerSchool acquired the K-12 LMS Schoology.

Technology 68

Technology Pearson Education MOOC 68

Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

Via TPM : “No Test Left Behind – How Pearson Made a Killing on the US Testing Craze.” ” Former Kaplan exec Justin Serrano has been hired as the president of Schoology. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. . “ Genetic Intelligence Tests Are Next to Worthless,” says The Atlantic.

Education 47

Education Kaplan Robotics Schoology 47

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

” “ Cengage , McGraw-Hill , and Pearson have started a new round of lawsuits against textbook sellers,” The Digital Reader reports , this time targeting those who sell through Amazon’s marketplace. Mindwire Consulting’s Phil Hill on layoffs at the LMS Schoology. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40