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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Education, Media, Online Advertising |
Founded | 2004 |
Founder | Edward Fields, CEO |
Defunct | November 2020 |
Fate | Acquired by Noodle |
Headquarters | , 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]