EdTech Thoughts Weekly Update 5/1 - 5/7

Reports of Chegg's demise have been greatly exaggerated

Hello!

Last July I wrote that something was wrong with Byju’s. This week the company’s offices were raided by Indian money-laundering authorities.

I don’t bring this up to say “I told you so.” The Byju’s news sucks for EdTech and I am wrong quite often too.¹ I bring the Byju’s prediction up as an example of the type of dialogue I hope this newsletter can build. That piece started with a series of links. On their own, each link was interesting but none stood out as particularly revelatory. Combined, they started to tell a story, albeit a bleak one, of potential distress at the world’s most highly-valued EdTech company.

Links to key stories with analysis. This is where I want to start making an impact on the EdTech ecosystem. Over time, I hope to do more.

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