This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 9/1/22

Guest: Ish Baid, Founder & CEO @ Virtually

• Check out Ish’s podcast: Reshaping Education

Topics This Week:

1. Duolingo Math

   • Join the waitlist to test their new math app!

   • Takes by Forbes, The Verge, & Fast Company

2. College Enrollment Shifts

   • 2020-21 IPEDS Data: Profile of Mid-Pandemic 12-Month Enrollments

   • As More Stressed-Out Students Consider Dropping Out, Surgeon General Pushes College Leaders to Ramp Up Support

   • Which School Has The Most Expensive College Tuition In 2023?

   • One state offers lessons in how to cope with the college enrollment crisis

   • Around 25% surge in popularity of hybrid learning amongst study abroad aspirants

3. Public Teacher Workforce

   • 5 Big Technology Challenges Teachers and Administrators Will Face This School Year

   • How Bad Is the Teacher Shortage? Depends on Where You Live.

   • America’s new “national teacher shortage” is neither new nor national

   • Nearly 70% of LA teachers have seriously considered quitting, study finds | US education

4. Career Education

   • ‘Academic Career Plans’ Have Students Exploring Careers as Early as Kindergarten

   • New Poll From Third Way Shows Voters Want Accountability For Career Education Programs

5. Funding + M&A Highlights

   • Crunchbase: Edtech Funding Falls Sharply

   • France launches fund endowed with 500 million euros

   • Upkid raises $1.7 million

   • ETU receives Strategic Growth Investment

   • VUIHOC raises $2 million

   • Nazara acquires WildWorks kids IP ‘Animal Jam’ 

   • Renaissance Acquires Illuminate Education

   • Alchemy acquires ChainShot

   • Akili raises $163 million in “blank-check” merger