Education Layoffs
101 companies · 162 reported rounds
21,052
Employees laid off
All Education layoffs
| | | | | Location | Source |
| Interview Kickstart | May 29, 2026 | 50 | — | SF Bay Area | inc42.com |
| Adda247 | May 10, 2026 | 200 | 20% | Gurugram | whalesbook.com |
| Codecademy | February 19, 2026 | — | — | New York City | edtechinnovationhub.com |
| Multiverse | January 5, 2026 | 55 | — | London | sifted.eu |
| PowerSchool | December 12, 2025 | — | — | Sacramento | bizjournals.com |
| Chegg | October 27, 2025 | 388 | 45% | SF Bay Area | reuters.com |
| Pluralsight | June 24, 2025 | — | 17% | Salt Lake City | sltrib.com |
| Chegg | May 12, 2025 | 248 | 22% | SF Bay Area | reuters.com |
| 2U | March 31, 2025 | — | — | Washington D.C. | classcentral.com |
| 2U | December 4, 2024 | — | — | Washington D.C. | classcentral.com |
| Chegg | November 12, 2024 | 319 | 21% | SF Bay Area | wsj.com |
| Coursera | October 25, 2024 | 150 | 10% | SF Bay Area | classcentral.com |
| ApplyBoard | September 19, 2024 | — | 4% | Waterloo | kitchener.citynews.ca |
| Aakash | September 18, 2024 | 80 | — | New Delhi | entrackr.com |
| Udemy | September 11, 2024 | 280 | — | SF Bay Area | investors.udemy.com |
| Paper | August 16, 2024 | 81 | 45% | Montreal | betakit.com |
| Quizac | August 13, 2024 | — | 100% | Lagos | techpoint.africa |
| Bluelearn | July 22, 2024 | — | 100% | Bengaluru | moneycontrol.com |
| Unacademy | July 2, 2024 | 250 | — | Bengaluru | techcrunch.com |
| Chegg | June 17, 2024 | 441 | 23% | SF Bay Area | businesswire.com |
| Guild | May 22, 2024 | 300 | 25% | Denver | denverpost.com |
| PrepLadder | May 8, 2024 | 145 | 25% | New Delhi | inc42.com |
| Scaler | April 10, 2024 | 150 | — | Bengaluru | entrackr.com |
| Byju's | April 2, 2024 | 500 | 3% | Bengaluru | business-standard.com |
| Niche | March 8, 2024 | 24 | 7% | Pittsburgh | technical.ly |
| Turnitin | March 7, 2024 | 15 | 2% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Top Hat | February 2, 2024 | 35 | 7% | Toronto | betakit.com |
| GoStudent | January 23, 2024 | 100 | — | Vienna | businessinsider.com |
| 2U | January 22, 2024 | — | — | Washington D.C. | classcentral.com |
| Simplilearn | December 7, 2023 | 200 | — | Bengaluru | startupstorymedia.com |
| Course Hero | December 5, 2023 | — | 25% | SF Bay Area | linkedin.com |
| Multiverse | November 28, 2023 | — | 5% | London | sifted.eu |
| Physics Wallah | November 19, 2023 | 120 | 1% | Noida | entrackr.com |
| Graphy | October 26, 2023 | 50 | 20% | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Multiverse | October 25, 2023 | — | — | London | cityam.com |
| Adda247 | October 14, 2023 | 300 | — | Gurugram | entrackr.com |
| SchoolMint | October 5, 2023 | 29 | 14% | SF Bay Area | businessinsider.com |
| 2U | September 28, 2023 | — | — | Washington D.C. | 2u.com |
| Paper | September 12, 2023 | 87 | 3% | Montreal | paper.co |
| Cuemath | August 26, 2023 | 100 | — | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| LingoAce | August 11, 2023 | — | — | Singapore | techinasia.com |
| Top Hat | August 4, 2023 | 42 | 7% | Toronto | betakit.com |
| CodeClan | August 4, 2023 | 57 | 100% | Edinburgh | edinburghnews.scotsman.com |
| Paper | August 1, 2023 | 106 | 4% | Montreal | paper.co |
| Degreed | July 27, 2023 | — | — | SF Bay Area | linkedin.com |
| Pluralsight | July 25, 2023 | — | — | Salt Lake City | sltrib.com |
| Skill Lync | July 13, 2023 | 200 | — | Chennai | entrackr.com |
| FrontRow | July 10, 2023 | — | 100% | Bengaluru | |
| FrontRow | June 15, 2023 | — | 90% | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Chegg | June 12, 2023 | 80 | 4% | SF Bay Area | bloomberg.com |
| Trybe | June 9, 2023 | 128 | 35% | Sao Paulo | estadao.com.br |
| Byju's | June 7, 2023 | 1,000 | — | Bengaluru | themorningcontext.com |
| Guild | May 24, 2023 | 172 | 12% | Denver | bizjournals.com |
| Brainly | May 24, 2023 | — | 30% | Krakow | linkedin.com |
| Cuemath | May 8, 2023 | 100 | — | Bengaluru | entrackr.com |
| Teachmint | May 5, 2023 | 70 | — | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Vah Vah! | April 30, 2023 | 150 | — | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Extramarks | April 26, 2023 | 300 | — | Noida | inc42.com |
| Skill Lync | April 25, 2023 | 400 | — | Chennai | inc42.com |
| Pluralsight | April 21, 2023 | — | — | Salt Lake City | sltrib.com |
| Paper | April 17, 2023 | 81 | 3% | Montreal | paper.co |
| OpenClassrooms | April 14, 2023 | — | 25% | Paris | usine-digitale.fr |
| Reforge | April 11, 2023 | — | — | SF Bay Area | linkedin.com |
| Domestika | March 31, 2023 | 89 | 45% | Madrid | lavanguardia.com |
| Unacademy | March 30, 2023 | — | 12% | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Course Hero | March 16, 2023 | 42 | 15% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Toucan | March 9, 2023 | — | 100% | Los Angeles | linkedin.com |
| UpGrad | March 6, 2023 | 120 | — | Mumbai | financialexpress.com |
| MasterClass | March 2, 2023 | 79 | — | SF Bay Area | bizjournals.com |
| DUX Education | February 28, 2023 | — | 100% | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Udemy | February 14, 2023 | — | 10% | SF Bay Area | about.udemy.com |
| Wonderschool | February 10, 2023 | — | — | SF Bay Area | docs.google.com |
| LearnUpon | February 7, 2023 | 27 | 9% | Dublin | independent.ie |
| Byju's | February 2, 2023 | 1,500 | — | Bengaluru | livemint.com |
| Articulate | February 2, 2023 | 38 | — | New York City | linkedin.com |
| Camp K12 | January 23, 2023 | — | 70% | Gurugram | themorningcontext.com |
| Career Karma | January 12, 2023 | 22 | — | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Thinkific | January 10, 2023 | 76 | 19% | Vancouver | betakit.com |
| LEAD | January 10, 2023 | 60 | — | Mumbai | inc42.com |
| Harappa | January 3, 2023 | 60 | 30% | New Delhi | businesstoday.in |
| GoStudent | December 14, 2022 | 100 | — | Vienna | businessinsider.com |
| Pluralsight | December 12, 2022 | 400 | 20% | Salt Lake City | pluralsight.com |
| Outschool | December 10, 2022 | 43 | 25% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Nerdy | December 8, 2022 | — | 17% | St. Louis | bizjournals.com |
| Vedantu | December 7, 2022 | 385 | — | Bengaluru | economictimes.indiatimes.com |
| Thinkific | December 5, 2022 | — | — | Vancouver | techcouver.com |
| BloomTech | December 1, 2022 | 88 | 50% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Teachmint | November 30, 2022 | 45 | 5% | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| StudySmarter | November 30, 2022 | 70 | — | Berlin | startbase.de |
| ApplyBoard | November 28, 2022 | 90 | 6% | Waterloo | therecord.com |
| FutureLearn | November 28, 2022 | — | — | London | classcentral.com |
| Ruangguru | November 18, 2022 | — | — | Jakarta | techinasia.com |
| D2L | November 16, 2022 | — | 5% | Waterloo | d2l.com |
| Reforge | November 10, 2022 | — | — | SF Bay Area | linkedin.com |
| Coursera | November 9, 2022 | — | — | SF Bay Area | blog.coursera.org |
| Unacademy | November 7, 2022 | 350 | 10% | Bengaluru | economictimes.indiatimes.com |
| Brainly | November 6, 2022 | 25 | — | Krakow | newindianexpress.com |
| Practically | November 6, 2022 | — | — | Hyderabad | moneycontrol.com |
| Studio | November 3, 2022 | — | — | SF Bay Area | linkedin.com |
| Doubtnut | October 31, 2022 | — | 30% | Gurugram | entrackr.com |
| Qin1 | October 14, 2022 | — | 100% | Noida | inc42.com |
| Byju's | October 12, 2022 | 2,500 | 5% | Bengaluru | techcrunch.com |
| FrontRow | October 12, 2022 | 130 | 75% | Bengaluru | entrackr.com |
| Udacity | October 11, 2022 | 55 | 13% | SF Bay Area | udacity.com |
| Turnitin | October 6, 2022 | 51 | 5% | SF Bay Area | |
| DreamBox Learning | September 9, 2022 | — | — | Seattle | geekwire.com |
| Lido Learning | September 9, 2022 | — | 100% | Mumbai | livemint.com |
| GoStudent | September 8, 2022 | 200 | — | Vienna | brutkasten.com |
| Skillshare | August 23, 2022 | — | — | New York City | |
| Edmodo | August 16, 2022 | — | 100% | SF Bay Area | edsurge.com |
| Trybe | August 10, 2022 | 47 | 10% | Sao Paulo | startups.com.br |
| LEAD | August 4, 2022 | 80 | 4% | Mumbai | moneycontrol.com |
| On Deck | August 4, 2022 | 73 | 33% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Zenius | August 4, 2022 | — | 30% | Jakarta | linkedin.com |
| Vedantu | August 2, 2022 | 100 | — | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Classkick | August 1, 2022 | — | — | Chicago | docs.google.com |
| 2U | July 28, 2022 | — | 20% | Washington D.C. | insidehighered.com |
| Career Karma | July 28, 2022 | 60 | 33% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Outschool | July 5, 2022 | 31 | 18% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Crejo.Fun | June 30, 2022 | 170 | 100% | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Degreed | June 29, 2022 | — | 15% | SF Bay Area | linkedin.com |
| Toppr | June 29, 2022 | 350 | — | Mumbai | inc42.com |
| WhiteHat Jr | June 28, 2022 | 300 | — | Mumbai | techcrunch.com |
| MasterClass | June 22, 2022 | 120 | 20% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| SuperLearn | June 21, 2022 | — | 100% | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Unacademy | June 18, 2022 | 150 | 3% | Bengaluru | moneycontrol.com |
| Crehana | June 15, 2022 | — | — | Lima | bloomberglinea.com |
| Studio | June 13, 2022 | 33 | 40% | SF Bay Area | |
| Preply | June 9, 2022 | 26 | 5% | Boston | |
| Eruditus | June 4, 2022 | 40 | — | Mumbai | inc42.com |
| Esme Learning | June 2, 2022 | — | — | Boston | esmelearning.com |
| Skillshare | June 1, 2022 | 31 | — | New York City | |
| Udayy | June 1, 2022 | 100 | 100% | Gurugram | moneycontrol.com |
| BookClub | May 31, 2022 | 12 | 25% | Salt Lake City | |
| FrontRow | May 27, 2022 | 145 | 30% | Bengaluru | inc42.com |
| Zenius | May 24, 2022 | 200 | — | Jakarta | cnnindonesia.com |
| Vedantu | May 18, 2022 | 424 | 7% | Bengaluru | economictimes.indiatimes.com |
| Section4 | May 12, 2022 | 32 | — | New York City | techcrunch.com |
| Vedantu | May 5, 2022 | 200 | 3% | Bengaluru | economictimes.indiatimes.com |
| On Deck | May 5, 2022 | 72 | 25% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Domestika | April 28, 2022 | 150 | 19% | SF Bay Area | epe.es |
| Unacademy | April 7, 2022 | 1,000 | 17% | Bengaluru | economictimes.indiatimes.com |
| Thinkific | March 29, 2022 | 100 | 20% | Vancouver | betakit.com |
| Lido | February 21, 2022 | 150 | — | Mumbai | inc42.com |
| Treehouse | September 14, 2021 | 41 | 90% | Portland | oregonlive.com |
| Flockjay | August 24, 2021 | 37 | 50% | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| Lambda School | April 29, 2021 | 65 | — | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| WhiteHat Jr | January 6, 2021 | 1,800 | — | Mumbai | inc42.com |
| CodeCombat | October 23, 2020 | 8 | — | SF Bay Area | layoffs.fyi |
| Swing Education | September 5, 2020 | — | — | SF Bay Area | sfchronicle.com |
| Instructure | May 27, 2020 | 150 | 12% | Salt Lake City | philonedtech.com |
| Bluprint | May 26, 2020 | 137 | 100% | Denver | businessden.com |
| Top Hat | May 12, 2020 | 16 | 3% | Toronto | betakit.com |
| Flatiron School | May 6, 2020 | 100 | — | New York City | businessinsider.com |
| TutorMundi | April 24, 2020 | 4 | 100% | Sao Paulo | |
| Lambda School | April 21, 2020 | 19 | — | SF Bay Area | techcrunch.com |
| ContaAzul | April 17, 2020 | 140 | 35% | Joinville | contxto.com |
| Labster | April 17, 2020 | 40 | — | Copenhagen | |
| Lighthouse Labs | April 9, 2020 | 14 | 7% | Toronto | betakit.com |
| Coding Dojo | April 2, 2020 | 7 | 7% | Seattle | geekwire.com |
| Make School | March 27, 2020 | — | — | SF Bay Area | makeschool.com |
| Wonderschool | March 25, 2020 | 50 | 75% | SF Bay Area | layoffs.fyi |