THREAD: Reality check on #distancelearning - 20 million students, incl. my hs sophomore son, have had to struggle with the piece of crap learning management system known as Schoology. This is what they see every day. The memes are rampant. Just search "Schoology" on Twitter. /1 
Schoology was bought out by a private equity-owned company called PowerSchool last fall & had previously raked in $57 million in investment capital. Where'd all the money go? /2
Schoology was forced to issue a statement today about its epic tech failure: "[C]ertain use cases have put a strain on parts of the software and resulted in some service interruptions...This is not an acceptable situation especially during these times." /3
schoology.com/blog/scaling-s…
schoology.com/blog/scaling-s…
Reports of Schoology's platform crashing regularly date back 5 yrs, so "increased demand" is no excuse...esp for a co. that touts role as a "leader in distance learning" & which had already claimed to serve 20 million users BEFORE pandemic. How many districts got ripped off? /4
