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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...

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...