This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 7/1/22

Guest: Quinn Taber, Founder & CEO @ Immerse

Topics This Week:

1. Politics Heat Up

   • Colleges aren’t prepared for Roe’s fall

   • Schools Are Spending Billions on High-Tech Defense for Mass Shootings

   • 'Don’t Say Gay’ bills will make it harder for teachers to support students

   • The public cost of private schools

   • Education Department Approves $8 Billion in Public Service Loan Forgiveness

2. ISTE

   • A Call For ‘A Major Infusion of Joy’

   • Teachers Are Reminded of the Value They Bring to Ed-Tech Companies

3. A Growing Edtech Landscape 

   • Class Technologies CEO: 'The education landscape has forever changed'

   • The edtech top 50 — emerging companies for higher education

4. Layoffs Continue

   • Startup layoffs – the art of reinvention and a MasterClass in change

5. Funding + M&A

   • Leap, JobGet, Wilco, Neol, Cinematic Health Education, Kibo School

   • GoGuardian Acquires TutorMe, Degreed Acquires Learn In