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Summary List PlacementThis year, investors poured more than $4 billion into EdTech startups by August, according to Crunchbase, rising to $9.7 billion by November, Wired reports. When the pandemic forced many students into full-time remote learning last spring, people begun reconsidering the value of a traditional college education in its present form. This helped spur the growth of online education options across the educational...

Summary List PlacementTelepresence robots — essentially Zoom on wheels — first emerged about a decade ago. Early users ranged from business executives taking "tours" of factories to doctors making virtual rounds with patients to homebound students with chronic illnesses or disabilities. As a result of COVID-19, however, these robots have seen a flood of new interest from people who need to stay physically distant,...

A British school student is threatening to sue the UK government over an algorithm that was used to determine final grades after national exams were cancelled due to the pandemic. The algorithm has been widely criticized for hurting bright students at disadvantaged schools, costing them life-changing places at top colleges. Almost 280,000 students saw their A-levels downgraded from what teachers had predicted thanks to...

Tutoring companies like eTutorWorld, TutorMe, and Tutor.com have seen increases in purchases for their online tutoring services during the pandemic. Demand is sparked by the need to supplement hastily put together online classes and students fearing they'll get behind in their education as classes remain remote in the fall. Summer is usually a quiet time for tutoring companies, but the number of new customers...