Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Silicon Valley’s Educational Tech Boom
It remains to be seen how President Obama’s move to protect student data plays out in Silicon Valley. There’s been a big surge there in companies making software for the education market.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readIt remains to be seen how President Obama’s move to protect student data plays out in Silicon Valley. There’s been a big surge there in companies making software for the education market. In fact, financing for the so-called “ed tech” market increased by more than 50% last year from the year before, reaching nearly $2 billion, according to one database. What’s driving the boom, and what does it mean for the future of education?
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Student Data Protection, Meth at the Border, and the Golden Globes- 0:00Protecting Student Data
- 9:21Silicon Valley’s Educational Tech BoomYou’re reading this
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- 42:24The Golden Globes and New TV
The full episode
2 of 5Student Data Protection, Meth at the Border, and the Golden Globes- 0:00Protecting Student Data
- 9:21Silicon Valley’s Educational Tech BoomYou’re reading this
- 18:29Meth Crosses the Border
- 28:15ISIS and al-Qaeda in Paris?
- 42:24The Golden Globes and New TV