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

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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