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edsurge | March 31, 2020

Yuanfudao, a Beijing-based K-12 online courses and homework platform, has raised $1 billion in a new financing round, led by Tencent Holdings and Hillhouse Capital Group. Boyu Capital and IDG Capital also participated in the round. The company’s products include online tutoring, learning activities and exercises and a question bank. Subjects include math, English and programming, according to a translated version of Yuanfudao's website. The round brings Yuanfudao’s valuation to $...

Elsevier | August 21, 2020

Elsevier, a global research publishing and information analytics provider, and part of RELX, has acquired SciBite, a semantic AI company headquartered in Cambridge, UK, to help customers make faster, more effective R&D decisions through advanced text and data intelligence solutions. SciBite’s solutions identify and extract scientific insights from structured and unstructured text and content, to identify key concepts such as drugs, proteins, companies, targets, and outcomes. This seman...

Carolina Biological | August 19, 2020

Leading school science supplier Carolina Biological Supply Company introduced a new product line to help high schools provide high-quality, hands-on science instruction during COVID-19 disruptions. The solution includes all the digital and physical components that individual students need to complete science investigations for the entire school year from anywhere, boxed and ready to take home. Carolina Kits 3D® Flex programs for remote learning are available now and are a full-year lab progr...

educationdive | February 27, 2020

USC is entering into an agreement with the Ed Department to make these changes at a time when rules around Title IX are in flux. The department has proffered draft regulations on the law that critics contend weaken safegaurds for sexual assault survivors. They have often claimed that the department, and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, generally are disregarding campus sexual violence in favor of protecting accused students. But the investigation into USC's failings — and...