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This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 3/11/22

Mar 16, 2022
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1. International Women’s Day (“Break the Bias”)

  • Top 200 Women who are leading Global EdTech Startups. – HolonIQ
  • Supercharger Edtech Female Founders
  • Erase All Kittens signs distribution deal with Tesco

2. Russia becomes a true pariah state for education

  • Colleges cut financial ties to Russia
  • European University Association Kicks Out Russian Universities
  • Hundreds of Medical Students Trapped in Ukraine

3. Continued Rise of Work-Integrated Training

  • Work Shift Explainer: A new language for CS degrees - Work Shift
  • Employers Are Changing How They View Training. 
  • Is Competency-Based Education an Idea Whose Time Has Come?

4. Funding and Policy

  • Education Department clarifies rules on income-share agreements
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness Tops 100,000 Borrowers
  • High-poverty schools get only small boost in budget deal

5. India India India 

  • India top nation to get edtech patents
  • Edtech Eruditus gets $350 million 
  • Edtech startups bridging the education gap in non-metro cities

6. M & A

  • Reforge Raises $60M
  • Clearlake to buy edtech firm Discovery Education
  • Daybreak earns (Series) A+ 

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