This Week in Edtech With Ben Kornell, 2/11/22

Our guest this week: 

Alberto Arenaza, Edtech Insider Extraordinaire and Cofounder of  Transcend Network and author of the Transcend Newsletter

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Check out the amazing new Edtech Dash with over 25,000 Edtech companies
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Topics covered this week:

1. Higher Ed & Government

   • House passes College Transparency Act

   • Free community college is “Off the Table”

2. Personalized Learning gets (Social) Emotional

   • CZI connects students & teachers via “Along”

   • Promise of personalized learning for EdTech startups

     1. Wayfinder

     2. Learnfully 

     3. Empowerly

3. 2022 EdTech Valuations- Ripe for Repricing?

   • EdTech hits a steep learning curve

4. Edtech Acquisitions

   • Cengage Group to acquire Infosec for $190.8 million

   • Studytube acquired Springest & closed $30m series B

   • GoStudent acquired Seneca Learning & Tus Media Group

   • Brightchamps acquired Education 10x

   • Aviso Retention acquired by Watermark Insights after 10 years of bootstrapping

   • Modern Campus acquired Signal Vine

5. Book Bans Threaten Intellectual Freedom

   • Voters of Tomorrow to distribute copies of ‘Maus’ and ‘Beloved’ in Texas and Virginia