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

Guest: Anjuli Gupta, Head of Academic Partnerships @ Outlier.org

• MasterClass's Co-Founder Takes on the Community College Degree

• Outlier.org & Golden Gate University Reinvent Affordable College with Degrees+

Topics This Week:

1. LAUSD Cyberattack

   • Los Angeles Schools Hit with Ransomware Attack

   • FBI joins probe into LAUSD cyberattack

2. Learning Loss & Pandemic Recovery

   • Plunging NAEP scores signal a long and difficult road to recovery

   • 7 charts highlighting the pandemic’s impact on 2022 NAEP scores

   • U.S. School Closures Leave Students Behind.

   • Experts Say Kids Are Far Behind After COVID; Parents Shrug. Why the Disconnect?

3. Around the World

   • China Liberal Education acquires Wanwang Investment Limited

   • Vitru Limited acquires Rede Enem

   • Entrepreneurship and Education across Africa

   • Byju's to raise $500M @ $23B valuation + Ministry of Corporate Affairs Inquiry 

4. XR Grows

   • Metaversity is in Session as Meta and Iowa’s VictoryXR Open 10 Virtual Campuses

   • Oxford University Press partners with Immersify Education to create interactive learning modules

5. Funding + M&A

   • Glints raises $50M

   • Learnsoft raises $17M

   • Astro raises $13M

   • LumiQ raises $5M

   • EarlyDay raises $3.25M

   • Discovery Education acquires Pivot Interactives

   • Unacademy acquires Gate Academy

   • Edlio acquires SchoolInfo

   • Scholastic acquires Learning Ovations

   • XanEdu acquires PLC Associates

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