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Send us a textGuest: Stratsi Kulinski, President of NewU UniversityInternational Bubble?New Oriental Education, Unacademy, BYJU'sMetaverseMeta, Fidelity, Athenaverse, Immerse, MoonhubAdult LearningUdemy's Global Workplace Learning IndexMental Health DataCDC report, Securly, LeanLab, SMART Technologies + KoothFunding + M&AZenda, Newton School, Blue Sky, Vivfy, 9jacodekids, Aztec SoftwareAkadasia, Veranda,

Send us a textMario Vasilescu is co-founder of Readocracy, an online learning platform that makes all the content you consume count. Readocracy includes a knowledge profile that quantifies and showcases your passions, private insights like a “Fitbit for your information diet”, and social features that reward people for being well-informed. With his team, they are on a mission to create a future where how we feed our minds matters just as much as how we feed our bodies.Mario is a robotics engineer turned designer, digital strategist, and now founder obsessed with media ecology. Prior to entering the world of startups, he led digital innovation projects and digital literacy campaigns for national organizations in Canada and France. He is based in Toronto.Resources:Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman

Send us a textGuest:Amar Kumar - Founder & CEO @ KaiPod LearningTopics:Online TutoringData + EfficacySchools Pay Millions for Tutoringa16z START American DynamismThree Year Degrees + LoansBlack women are uniquely burdened by student debtFunding + M&AGalena, WeeCare, NeighborSchools, Handshake, SkillStorm, iNeuron, Jenzabar, Entourage

Send us a textIn this second part of the Postcards from ASU GSV mini-series, we talk to a wide variety of amazing Higher Ed and workforce entrepreneurs about their companies, what they're seeing at the ASU conference, and what they're seeing in the field at large. 1) Manny Smith, CEO of Edvisorly, a platform to support community college students who are transferring credit 2) Fadl, CEO of Nexford University, a next-generation, online university that costs $150 a month3) John Katzman, Edtech legend and Founder/CEO of Noodle Partners, an next-generation online program management company4) Gautam Tambay, Co-Founder and CEO of Springboard, on online technical bootcamp with mentoring and a job guarantee5) Manish Maheshwari, Founder and CEO of Invact Metaversity, a fully immersive university for business subjects that can be accessed via VR or computer6) Kirill Slavkin, Co-founder and COO of Annoto, which turns passive video content into a social learning experience7) Obi Felten, Founder and CEO of Flourish Labs, a peer-based mental health startup that trains college students to support others with similar conditions8) Anthony Reo, Co-founder of Bunch.ai, which offers mobile microlearning opportunities for millennial and Gen-Z managers

Send us a textSvenia Busson is a global Learning Innovation explorer who has traveled through 19 countries to identify the most innovative technological teaching and learning practices, which she captured in her recent book, ‘Exploring the Future of Education’. Svenia is also a major network builder in Europe, having co-founded both Edtech France, an industry association representing 400 startups in France, and the European Edtech Alliance, representing more than 2400 startups across Europe.Svenia is now raising a new edtech focused VC fund and is going to invest in European edtech entrepreneurs.Recommended ResourcesEuropean Edtech Alliance NewsletterSvenia's Book, ‘Exploring the Future of Education’Brighteye Ventures Newsletter and MediumEmerge Edtech Insights Medium and Newsletter

Send us a textGuest:Mehrad Yaghmai - Co-Founder of QureosQureos raises $3M to grow its learn to earn platformTopics This Week:Employers start to lighten debt load for learnersFund Debt-Free Education ProgramsEnd unpaid internshipsFree tuition lures low-income studentsK-12 schools in US face multiple challengesStaffing Shortages + Universal school meals1 in 4 superintendents likely to quit soonWhy American Teens Are So SadCalifornia K-12 enrollment plungesLearnPlatform releases Top 40 ReportEdTech Top 40 Mid-Year ReportK-12 EdTech Tool Report Funding + M&ALabsterSales Impact AcademyKaleidoscopePursuit

Send us a textIn this special episode, Edtech Insiders hits the road and travels to San Diego for the ASU GSV conference, the biggest and most influential Edtech conferences in the US.Rather than a single interview, this episode contains no less than EIGHT short 'hallway' interviews with all variety of amazing Edtech and education founders and influencers.  This episode focuses on innovators in the PK12 space; part two will focus on Higher Ed and workforce innovators. 1. John King Jr., former Secretary of Education for the US under President Obama and candidate for Governor of Maryland2. Sara Mauskopf, the CEO of Winnie, a daycare and preschool marketplace with millions of users3. Aditya Kaddu, Founder and CEO of Edstruments, a leading school budget planning platform 4. Gavin Cooney, CEO of Learnosity, a leading assessment platform 5. Maria Berrera, CEO and Founder of Clayful, a text based coaching platform for SEL6. Vishal Goenka, Founder and CEO of 2Sigma School, which offers accredited CS courses for high school students. 7. Yair Shapira, Founder and CEO of the Amplio Special Education Learning Platform8. Yaki Dayan, the Founder and CEO of Edtech Israel and Neurotech Solutions

Send us a textBeth Porter started her career in the mathematics classroom before moving into edtech with Mathsoft and Pearson, where she was a VP of software product management. She was an VP of product at Edx in the heady MOOC days of 2014-2015, has consulted, taught at MIT and Boston University, and is most recently, the co-founder of two Edtech companies- Esme Learning, where she is the President and COO and Riff Analytics, which was acquired by Esme Education in December 2021.Esme Learning offers executive education courses from top universities including MIT, Cambridge and Oxford, offered through AI-powered recommendations. Riff Analytics is an analytics platform that uses voice data collected during video calls to show how people interact, measure engagement, and determine the split of speakership, among other metrics. Recommended ResourcesThe Gap Letter by Ryan Craig of Achieve Partners (newsletter)

Send us a textOn this week in Edtech, we are delighted to have guest host Matthew Tower to cover the top stories of the week:Topics This Week:EdTech @ ASU+GSVEd On The Edge: Deborah Quazzo On About What To Expect At ASU+GSV 2022 What’s the Future of ETS and Standardized Testing?A New Leader for ETS - Amit SevakMIT Reinstates SAT/ACT RequirementCrumbling School InfrastructureThis school wasn't built for the new climate reality. Yours may not be eitherPods, Microschools and TutorsByju’s World CupThe Growth of Football in IndiaByju’s tried-and-tested sports sponsorship goals get bigger with FIFAFunding + M&AOsso VR Raises $66 Million to Broaden Access to Surgical Education for Healthcare ProfessionalsWorkRamp nabs $40M to expand its corporate learning platformLearn In Secures $10 Million in Series A Funding to Help Companies Build Talent Academies for Deeper and Engaging Skill DevelopmentStudent-built degree progression platform raises $11 Million to empower students and solve higher education's major challengeGuest:Michael Vilardo - Founder + President @ SubjectVideo Learning Startup To Tackle Post-Pandemic EducationSubject Raises $29.4 Million in Series A Led by Owl Ventures

Send us a textJeanette Cheah is an award-winning education technology and business leader based in Melbourne, and raised across the US, Japan and Australia. As CEO & founder of HEX, she’s dedicated to transforming young people into the innovators the world needs tomorrow and seeing the next generation of talent thrive. HEX prepares students for the fast-changing global workforce with the tech and design skills they need to close the future skills gap shortage – and the entrepreneurial mindsets employers want using programs that are immersive, seriously fun, and academically aligned. Previously, Jeanette spent 14 years building innovation solutions, marketing strategies and digital products for some of Australia’s corporate giants including ANZ, AXA, AMP and Origin Energy.Recommended ResourcesShoe Dog by Phil Knight