This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 5/13/22

Topics This Week:

1. Higher Ed’s Commodification and Decentralization

   • Upskilling Trend Brings Coupons, ‘Flash Sales’ and Other Marketing Gimmicks

   • edX’s Role After 2U Acquisition

   • The Future Of Learning Is Radically Decentralized

2. K-12

   • LAUSD makes 'historic' $50M investment to address digital divide

   • Union pushback on Meta

   • Twitter sale shows us why edtech companies should be accountable to schools

   • TikTok May Be More Dangerous Than It Looks

3. Workforce Development

   • Unpaid Internships vs. Work-Based Courses.

   • Why MIT was right to reinstate the SAT

4. Layoffs amid a Looming Recession

   • Brutal week of layoffs - OnDeck along with Vedantu, Unacademy, Whitehat Jr & Lido Learning

   • 800 WhiteHat Jr Employees Resign

5. Funding + M&A

   • Educapital, Manara, Skillmatics, iNurture, Rise Up, Magnify Venture, ForeignAdmits, Pando, Byju’s