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Businesswire | April 27, 2023

Summer, the certified B Corp committed to addressing the national student debt crisis, announced that it has raised $6M in new capital, with $18M raised in funding to date. General Catalyst, QED Investors, Flourish Ventures, Greycroft, Story Ventures, Gaingels, Calm VC, Partnership Fund for NYC, Fenway Summer, BDMI, and Avidbank participated in the financing. The company also announced it has surpassed $1 billion in total projected savings for borrowers, and it has hired Leigh G...

Education Technology

New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc. | March 28, 2022

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. ("New Oriental" or the "Company") (NYSE: EDU and SEHK: 9901), a provider of private educational services in China, today announced that it plans to change the ratio of its American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") to its common shares (the "ADS Ratio"), par value US$0.001 per share, from the current ADS Ratio of one (1) ADS to one (1) common share to a new ADS Ratio of one (1) ADS to ten (10) common shares. A po...

educationdive | March 04, 2020

As U.S. colleges consider how the global coronavirus outbreak could affect their campuses, some are asking about how they could shift courses online to limit its impact on instruction. That's according to education technology companies and consultants, who told Education Dive they are seeing an uptick in those inquiries. "It's happening very quickly, so it's definitely become top of mind for a lot of schools," said Phil Hill, an ed tech consultant with the firm MindWires, a...

Education Technology

DreamBox Learning® | May 09, 2022

DreamBox Learning, Inc. (“DreamBox®”), the leading education technology provider and pioneer of intelligent adaptive learning, today announced a new partnership with ClassLink, a global education provider of access and analytics products that creates more time for learning while helping schools better understand digital engagement. ClassLink’s more than 16 million students and educators now have easy access to DreamBox’s personalized math and reading solutions proven ...