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EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

prnewswire | October 27, 2020

Sophia Technologies, co-founded by former independent school head teacher Melissa McBride, has exceeded its £300,000 investment target by nearly double. A start-up that has just turned 2 years old and is worth over £2.5 million, Sophia is a UK based EdTech disruptor bringing full time, online education and on-demand private tuition options to the global EdTech sector. According to Ms McBride, the investment will be deployed in both technological advancement and on an aggressive custo...

ONLINE EDUCATION

paysend | October 23, 2020

Here at Paysend, we’re always doing our very best to create an interconnected world where people from as many countries as possible can send money abroad to their friends and family. We think that people everywhere should have the power to move their money internationally easily, avoiding high bank charges and slow transfer times. We often add new countries to our platform so that we can bring our fast, low-cost transfers to even more people, and make a real difference in the world! The la...

2U | June 23, 2020

Education technology company 2U will offer scholarships of $2,500 each to "Black, Latino, and Indigenous learners, as well as women," to attend online technical training programs. According to the company’s June 10 statement, it will provide the scholarships, totaling $3 million, to candidates demonstrating "both need and merit." 2U said the program is specifically for individuals from underrepresented groups enduring financial hardship or who lost their jobs.The ...

NWEA | August 06, 2020

As millions of students get ready to return to school, school districts are preparing for a large number of them to be learning remotely. This presents a challenge for schools that need to triage the impact of COVID-19 disruptions on learning from this past spring with the cumulated impact of summer break. Teachers will need reliable, quality data on where students are academically to determine best paths forward to customize instruction and overcome learning loss during one of the most tu...