In this week’s edition of review:ed Kirsten and Chris focus on one big topic: funding startups in education. They discuss the big funding month as more than $110 million went into education startups in April alone.
But what does this mean for education in general. Do those startups all need an exit like the Business Insider suggests and if so, who is going to buy them? What role do crowdfunding and entrepreneurial teachers play in this, what are the differences between them and startup founders that come from outside of education?
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Links
- Ed News Ticker #2 April 14th 2012
Source: EDUKWEST - There Are A Million Education Startups And No One To Acquire Them
Source: Business Insider - We need a Dividends instead of Exits Mindset in Education
Source: Disrupt Education - Teaching 2030: What We Must Do for Our Students and Our Public Schools–Now and in the Future
Source: Amazon - Are Teacherpreneurs the future of education?
Source: Good - EdTech Link
Source: TeachPaperless | Prezi - Top Tier vs Low Cost in Education
Source: Disrupt Education
Fundings in April 2012 so far
- $25 million Minerva
- $26 million + $10 million 2tor
- $16 million Coursera
- $10 million StraighterLine
- $8 million Boundless Learning
- $6 million Schoology
- $4.75 million Treehouse
- $2.4 million LearnZillion
- $2.3 million Voxy
- + several smaller fundings
