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Ed Tech: Your Cheat Sheet to 10 Fads, Trends, and WTFs

Because there will be a test. In education, there always is.

Your Cheat Sheet to 10 Fads, Trends, and WTFs in Ed Tech, Frank Catalano, GeekWire

Open Education Resources: Bursting the $8 Billion Bubble

What K-12 OER Collborative, a new non-profit led by 11 states, plans to do.

OER: Bursting the $8 Billion Bubble, Lindsey Tepe, EdCentral

Investments Decline As Education Technology Grows Up

A convergence of common core & technology have come together to create this demand.

Investments Decline As Education Technology Grows Up, Jonathan Shiever, TechCrunch

Where Is All The VC Money Going In Education Technology?

Everyone and their mother seems to have an edtech these days. 

Where Is All The VC Money Going In Education Technology? Katie Lepi, Edudemic

Investors Debate Possible Bubble in the Ed-Tech Marketplace

We are in a hype bubble, but the question of a valuation bubble is a separate issue.

Investors Debate Possible Bubble in the Ed-Tech Marketplace, Michelle Davis, EdWeek

Open Letter to Wannabe Edtech Entrepreneurs

There are three lessons to learn before lessons can be learned.

Open Letter to Wannabe Edtech Entrepreneurs, Frank Catalano, GeekWire

The First Crack in the Ed Tech Hype Bubble of 2011-2013

Now there are 3 casualties among the current, over-hyped Silicon Valley EdTech Darlings.

The First Crack in the Ed Tech Hype Bubble of 2011-2013, Christopher Nyren, edreach

There's No College Tuition 'Bubble'

By the standards of the economic marketplace most colleges are still underpriced.

There's No College Tuition 'Bubble,' Jeffery Dorfman, Forbes

The Real Reason College Costs So Much

Higher ed econ expert explains how subsidies fuel rising prices and why there's a 'bubble.'

Richard Vedder: The Real Reason College Costs So Much, Allysia Finley, WSJ

Online Education is No Bubble

It’s not simply that not all degrees are created equal: not all majors are created equal.

Online Education is No Bubble, Michelle Rhee-Weise, PhD, Clayton Chritensen Institute

Ed Tech Incubators Are Popping Up Everywhere

So far in 2013, the U.S. alone has seen five new edtech incubators and accelerators. 

Edtech Incubators Are Popping Up Everywhere, edSurge's Tony Wan, Fast Company

Bill Gates: Education Needs More Than 1% R&D Spending

No Bubble. At SXSWedu, Gates said investment in the sector is “absolutely not” enough.

Bill Gates: Education Needs More Than 1% R&D Spending, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM

There is No EdTech Bubble

70% of the 2012 deal activity in edtech is seed/angel deals, so right now there's no bubble

Ed Tech Pulls in $1.1B of Funding in 2012, CB Insights

Is Higher Education The Next Bubble To Burst?

Colleges are slowly pricing themselves out of existence. 

After Housing & the Stock Market, Is Higher Ed the Next Bubble to Burst, Avi Dan, Forbes

College Textbook Bubble Will Burst

Since 1978, textbooks increased by 812% while the CPI increased 250%.

College Textbook Bubble Will Burst, Joanne Jacobs, Linking and Thinking On Education

Silicon Valley's Big, Dumb Angel Bubble

Is there a Series A crunch, or is it an angel bubble?

Silicon Valley's Big, Dumb Angel Bubble, Jolie O'Dell, Venture Beat

Testive CEO Asks If We're in an Edtech Bubble

Miro Kazakoff laid out what he sees as both traps and opportunities in the industry.

Testive CEO Asks if We're in an Edtech Bubble, Molly Gerth, Technaplex

Top EdTech Trends of 2012 (Part 1)

It's a major story this year: broken educational institutions under seige by Silicon Valley.

The Story of the Business of Ed Tech, Audrey Watters, HackEducation

Bubbles on the Brain

On Mission-driven innovators vs gold rushers, growing edtech marketplace, tools & teachers.

Bubbles on the Brain, Betsy Corcoran, AllThingsD

Why 'Is There an Edtech Bubble?' Is the Wrong Question

If we worry about that, I fear we’ve lost the argument for "why ed-tech?" in the 1st place.

Why 'Is There an Edtech Bubble?' Is the Wrong Questions, Audrey Watters, Hack Educaiton