All posts by Henry Kronk
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Are There Any Positive Pandemic Outcomes in Education and Edtech?
July 28, 2020 Henry Kronk
There’s no question that the covid-19 pandemic has devastated families, institutions, and countries around the world. More than 150,000 people have died from…
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Weld North Education Acquires Social Emotional Learning Startup Purpose Prep
July 27, 2020 Henry Kronk
Weld North Education has continued to amass digital curriculum capacity through acquisition. On July 27, the company announced it had acquired Purpose Prep.…
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American Edtech Unicorns Have Surged in 2020. What Do They Tell Us About the Sector?
July 23, 2020 Henry Kronk
What’s in a unicorn? When Cowboy Ventures founder Aileen Lee coined the term in 2013, the world had only 39 startups valued at…
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Students of Color Were Closing the Achievement Gap. COVID-19 Is Projected to Erode that Progress.
July 20, 2020 Henry Kronk
In March, COVID-19 turned American education on its head. The nearly overnight switch to online learning was seamless for the few with experience…
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Looking for a Job? Find Something New with These Resources from the Ad Council, Apple, the White House, IBM and More
July 14, 2020 Henry Kronk
The Ad Council is out on July 14 with a message to those unemployed, under-employed, or unhappy in their career: find something new.…
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Publishers Are Offering Free Tutoring to College Students
July 13, 2020 Henry Kronk
The American fall college semester is still a work in progress. While some institutions once planned a partial or full reopening of campus,…
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Online Study Abroad and Virtual Gap Year Programs Launch as Higher Ed Continues to Realign
July 07, 2020 Henry Kronk
At the end of the spring 2020 semester, many remained optimistic that campuses would be able to reopen come the fall. While many…
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A Chicago Teen Is Asking You For $1 to Scale His Virtual CS Summer Camp
July 06, 2020 Henry Kronk
Ian Michael Brock, with the help of his parents Michael and Dulcevita, is asking you for $1. If the Brocks can get 375,000…
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Carrick Capital Will Acquire Flatiron School from WeWork
June 30, 2020 Henry Kronk
On June 30, the private equity firm Carrick Capital Partners announced it had finalized plans to acquire the Flatiron School, a coding bootcamp,…
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The Digital Divide Affects Teachers Too
June 29, 2020 Henry Kronk
Though it has largely been closed at brick-and-mortar schools, the digital divide affects teachers and students learning from home at higher rates than…
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