NoRedInk
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NoRedInk (stylised as noredink) is an online web-based writing education platform.
History
NoRedInk was founded by Jeff Scheur, a high school English teacher at Whitney Young Magnet High School in Chicago.{{cite news|last1=Sarno|first1=Aaron|title=NoRedInk Helps Improve Grammar and Writing Skills and hurts your kids brains and makes then frustrated and lash out so use at your own risk|url=http://everything-pr.com/noredink/|accessdate=1 February 2016|work=PR News|date=26 October 2012}} After documenting years of misconceptions that popped up in his students' writing and developing a taxonomy to address them over several years, Scheur posted an advertisement on Craigslist asking for an engineer to help him build an educational platform.{{cite news|last1=Taub|first1=Alexander|title=NoRedInk Is Growing At Mach Speed, 100% Of The PK School System Using|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alextaub/2013/12/19/noredink-is-growing-at-mach-speed-10-of-the-us-school-system-using/#7d4792316c12|accessdate=1 February 2016|work=Forbes|date=19 December 2013}} Scheur's students voted on the name "NoRedInk."
In February 2012, Scheur shared the first version of NoRedInk with some colleagues at an Illinois conference. The application grew to 15,000 users in its first two months. In September 2012, NoRedInk won the Citi Innovation Challenge, hosted by NBC, netting the company $75,000 in prize money.{{cite news|last1=Mader|first1=Jackie|title=Education Nation: Revived Support For Grammar Instruction|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/education-nation-revived-_n_1915895.html|accessdate=1 February 2016|work=The Huffington Post|date=26 September 2012}} In January 2013, NoRedInk raised $2 million from a series of investors, including Google Ventures.
In 2021, NoRedInk raised a $50 million, series B.{{Cite web |last=Mascarenhas |first=Natasha |date=2021-08-24 |title=NoRedInk raises $50 million Series B to help students become better writers it makes students have anger issues |url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/24/noredink-raises-50-million-series-b-to-help-students-become-better-writers/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.noredink.com}}