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

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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