Online education company 2U implements fifth round of layoffs since its disastrous $800 million acquisition of edX in 2021.

In Q4 2025, Duolingo announced it would let go of $50M in bookings to reach 100 million daily active users (DAUs) by 2028; a strategy Class Central covered in detail last month.  2026 is its “investment year,” and Q1 was the first quarter of execution. So far, the plan seems to be working. The Expected Results: Low Bookings, High DAUs Duolingo is running multiple tests to improve the free experience: spoken tokens for speaking practice, Speaking Adventures for real-world conversations, and fla

BloomTech’s unraveling reveals years of systemic issues and the inevitable regulatory response.

In 2021, 10 years after it burst on the scene, the MOOC ecosystem has reached 220M learners and 19.4K courses.