{{Short description|American educational technology company}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox company | name = HotChalk, Inc. | logo = HotChalk logo.png | logo_caption = | type = Private | founded = 2004 | founder = Edward Fields, CEO | defunct = {{end date|2020|11}} | fate = Acquired by Noodle | hq_location_city = Campbell, California | hq_location_country = US | industry = Education, Media, Online Advertising | website = {{URL |HotChalk.com}} }}
'''HotChalk''' was an education technology company founded in September 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/05/22/mitra-education-technology-tech-enter-cx_sm_0523mitra.html|title=A Technological Fix For Education|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref> HotChalk ran an online community application designed for grade school teachers, students, and parents. HotChalk was founded by Edward M. Fields; the company's last CEO was Rob Wrubel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotchalk.com/our-team/|title=Our Team {{!}} HotChalk, Inc.|website=www.hotchalk.com|access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref>
==Partnership== In August 2007, McGraw-Hill partnered with HotChalk to make McGraw-Hill training and certification tools available to HotChalk users.<ref name=f>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/05/22/mitra-education-technology-tech-enter-cx_sm_0523mitra.html | title=A Technological Fix For Education | magazine=Forbes | date=May 23, 2008 | accessdate=18 March 2014 | author=Mitra, Sramana}}</ref> NBC partnered with HotChalk as well to distribute NBC news archives to supplement educational materials.<ref name=f/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SeopHukb5fcC&pg=PA79 The More We Know: NBC News, Educational Innovation, and Learning from Failure - Klopfer, Eric, Haas, Jason<!-- Bot generated title -->]. pp. 79–84.</ref>
==Scrutiny== 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.<ref name=HotChalk>{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2016/10/concordia_gained_thousands_of_new_students_--_and_a_federal_inquiry.html |title=Concordia gained thousands of new students -- and a federal inquiry |first=Molly |last=Young |publisher=The Oregonian |date=October 21, 2016 |accessdate=February 11, 2020}}</ref>
In November 2020, Noodle acquired Hot Chalk.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lederman |first1=Doug |title=Noodle Swallows an OPM Competitor |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2020/11/20/noodle-online-degree-enabler-buys-parts-hotchalk-former |website=www.insidehighered.com |publisher=Inside Higher Education |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.HotChalk.com}}
Category:Educational technology companies of the United States Category:Online advertising services and affiliate networks Category:Marketing companies established in 2004 Category:Education companies established in 2004 Category:Learning management systems Category:Privately held companies based in Campbell, California