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Send us Fan Mail Topics this week include: The Impact on Education of the War in Ukraine  7.5 million children & youth with education disrupted Students rally to support Ukraine EdTech Startups in Ukraine Top 10 Ukrainian EdTech Startups to Look Out for Amid War MIT Ends Program in Russia Ukraine invasion underscores value of higher ed Funding Rounds Disco, Toronto-Based CBC platform, gets $15...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest this week is Jomayra Herrera - Partner @ Reach Capital , talking about Web3. Higher Ed Beat A pathway out of intergenerational poverty - Paul Quinn College offers admission to students and family members U.S. House expands Pell Grants but excludes online ed Mobile Education State of the mobile education market 2021 Byju's Becoming an Edtech Flagship Byju’s acquires...

Send us Fan Mail Jomayra Herrera is a partner at Reach Capital, one of the leading edtech venture capital firms, where she supports entrepreneurs that develop technology solutions for challenges in education from early childhood through future of work.  In this conversation, we talk about education investing and life as an Edtech VC, as well as about Web3 and education and how it could increase eq...

Send us Fan Mail Topics This Week: Education Stocks Take a Hit 306 global education stocks lost $120B of value in 2021, down 40% Edtech Stocks hit a steep learning curve Potato Head Becomes a Digital Therapist PresenceLearning partnered with Hasbro to bring beloved characters & classic games to therapy platform Funding + M&A Round-up Munic-based Edurino raised €3.35M to advance digital lea...

Send us Fan Mail Joshua Wöhle is the CEO of UK-based Edtech company Mindstone ,  a platform that helps people learn faster, remember more and get things done.  Previously, Joshua was Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at SuperAwesome, the biggest kids technology company in the world, which was acquired by Epic Games in the summer of 2020. Joshua is an EdTech enthusiast, advisor and Investor. M...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest this week:  Alberto Arenaza , Edtech Insider Extraordinaire and Cofounder of  Transcend Network and author of the Transcend Newsletter Featured Resource Check out the amazing new Edtech Dash with over 25,000 Edtech companies    - Brighteye & Dealroom release open access EdTech dashboard Topics covered this week: Higher Ed & Government House passes College Transpa...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we sat down with Jonathan Finkelstein, CEO of Credly, which was acquired by Pearson this week for $200m , and with Rhys Spence, lead author of the recent Europe Edtech Funding Report 2022 . HEADLINES: 1. COVID beat   Interesting linkedin post by a teacher caught our eye. There was also a series of articles on Edsurge and elsewhere about life as a COVID principal, pandem...

Send us Fan Mail Eva Brown is the author of “The Next Right Step: From Teaching to Edtech” . Eva was a classroom teacher for many years before transitioning into Edtech with Scholastic, HMH and now at Formative. Eva runs a consultancy at Eva Brown Consulting to help transitioning teachers take the next right step in their careers. Recommended Resources for Transitioning Teachers Jeff Patterson , C...

Send us Fan Mail Topics This Week: 1) Labor Shortages Loom in K12 Almost half of all teachers are thinking of leaving their jobs Particularly hurting struggling readers 2) College Enrollments Dropping, Higher Ed Making Digital Shifts Colleges have seen the biggest drop in enrollment in 50 years   Some are adapting to a new future with Hybrid College Classrooms  3) School Districts Getting more Cyb...

Send us Fan Mail In this Week in Edtech, we cover: 1) Lawsuit Alleging Price-Fixing at Top Universities - NY Times 2) Phil Hill's Coverage of the Shrinking Non-Profit University Ecosystem - Phil on Edtech 3) India cracks down on OPM providers in Higher Ed - Times of India - Economic Times 4) LEAD Becomes the First Indian Edtech Unicorn of 2022 with a $100m round - The News Minute - Techcrunch...

Send us Fan Mail Stanford education professor Mitchell Stevens on developing a science for working learners for the NSF to improve research and outcomes for those outside of the traditional higher education system. Mitchell Stevens is a sociologist of higher education at Stanford University and the co-director of the Stanford Pathways Lab with John Mitchell. Report Links Here is a link to the full...

Send us Fan Mail This Week in Edtech, we focus on 1) Labor Shortages and COVID Contingency Plans - California Community Colleges Go Online , along with most UC Campuses and Duke - Staff shortages led to Louisville's school district going back online 2) Edtech VC Firm Owl Ventures Launches 3 Edtech Funds worth over $1B - Crunchbase - WSJ - Economic Times (India) 3) Y Combinator Announced It Wo...

Send us Fan Mail Edquity is an emergency financial assistance platform for college students that is distributing $50 million per quarter.  Founder David Helene is a college financing wunderkind who is committed to keeping low-income college students enrolled; in this episode, we dive deep into how edtech can help support equity in higher education. Resources that David recommends: Paying the Price...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Alex discuss How US Schools are Opening and Closing and Opening, The Merging of Edtech Platforms with Content Providers,  The Mental Health Crisis in Schools, Chegg's Lawsuit by Investors, and Edtech's Huge Year and the Global Landscape Shift. We also predict the number of IPOs and Unicorns in 2022, look at the LatAm Edtech market, and do a Deep Dive on GSV Partn...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode, Alex and Ben Kornell of Cambium Education, Altschool and Altitude Learning talk about some of the major trends in Edtech in the milestone year of 2021 and predictions for 2022. Trends covered include: - COVID Fueled Disruption and Edtech Acceleration - Labor Shortages in Schools and Teacher Burnout - Nationwide Mental Health Crises for School-Age Children...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk to Elizabeth Madariaga and Michael Karsh, production and edtech veterans and co-founders of Edios Media .  Edios Media is the instructional design and video production studio behind many of the most successful online courses in the world, including: All four Google Career Certificates (the largest MOOCs in 2021) INSEAD's Blockchain Revolution Speciali...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we speak to Nikki and Dan Gusz, the sibling entrepreneurial team behind career coaching startup Lloyd . Lloyd's mission is to provide career coaching at scale and at affordable prices to those who may not otherwise have access to it. With support from WGU Labs , Lloyd offers 'career services as a service' to education institutions of all kinds, from...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Edtech Insiders, we speak with Amy Amner Jenkins, Head of Schools at Outschool. Previously, Amy was the Chief Operating Officer of Education Elements, an associate partner at NewSchools Venture Fund, a co-founder of an after school program that combines soccer and literacy, and a teacher with Teach for America. Amy holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. In t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we speak to Ben Kornell of Cambiar Education , who was most recently the CEO of Altschool  as it was acquired by Higher Ground Education in 2021. Ben is a longtime edtech executive with educational roots- five years in the classroom - as well as experience in healthcare, and he speaks in this episode about how we might borrow some of the best practices in healthca...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk to Adam Franklin, Sr. Product Manager for Content at K12 platform Nearpod .   Adam explains his journey from high school classroom teacher to curriculum developer to edtech product manager, as well as what it's like building and curating a world-class content library to get teachers the resources they need.  We also talk about an age-old k12 edtech di...

Send us Fan Mail In this pilot episode, we interview edtech investor Atin Batra, founder and general partner at Twenty Seven Ventures , also knows as 27V, a venture firm devoted to education and the future of work. Atin talks about his journey to edtech, his interest in founders who really understand the problems, and how some of the best and most collaborative learning happens outside of traditio...

Send us Fan Mail Education technology is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. At Edtech Insiders, we talk to the founders, operators, educators, researchers, business leaders, and thought leaders who know the industry inside and out. This new series explores the intersection of education, technology, and business by talking to those making it happen. While most education technology...