Company:HotChalk
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Education, Media, Online Advertising |
| Fate | Acquired by Noodle |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | Edward Fields, CEO |
| Defunct | November 2020 |
| Headquarters | Campbell, California , US |
| Website | hotchalk |
HotChalk was an education technology company founded in September 2004.[1] HotChalk ran an online community application designed for grade school teachers, students, and parents. In August 2007, McGraw-Hill partnered with HotChalk to make McGraw-Hill training and certification tools available to HotChalk users.[2] NBC partnered with HotChalk as well to distribute NBC news archives to supplement educational materials.[2][3]
HotChalk was founded by Edward M. Fields; the company's last CEO was Rob Wrubel.[4]
The company drew scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Education in the mid-2010s regarding HotChalk's relationship with Concordia University of Portland, Oregon . A federal prosecutor alleged that the university's $160 million deal with HotChalk violated a law that prohibits incentives for recruitment and outsourcing of more than half an educational program to an unaccredited party. The investigation was settled out-of-court for $1 million with no admissions of wrongdoing.[5]
In November 2020, Noodle acquired Hot Chalk.[6]
References
- ↑ "A Technological Fix For Education" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/2008/05/22/mitra-education-technology-tech-enter-cx_sm_0523mitra.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mitra, Sramana (May 23, 2008). "A Technological Fix For Education". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/2008/05/22/mitra-education-technology-tech-enter-cx_sm_0523mitra.html. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- ↑ The More We Know: NBC News, Educational Innovation, and Learning from Failure - Klopfer, Eric, Haas, Jason. pp. 79–84.
- ↑ "Our Team | HotChalk, Inc.". https://www.hotchalk.com/our-team/.
- ↑ Young, Molly (October 21, 2016). "Concordia gained thousands of new students -- and a federal inquiry". The Oregonian. https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2016/10/concordia_gained_thousands_of_new_students_--_and_a_federal_inquiry.html. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ↑ Lederman, Doug. "Noodle Swallows an OPM Competitor". Inside Higher Education. https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2020/11/20/noodle-online-degree-enabler-buys-parts-hotchalk-former.
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