Send us a text Beth 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...
Apr 11, 2022•49 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On 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+GSV Ed 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 Sevak MIT Reinstates SAT/ACT Requirement Crumbling School Infrastructure This school wasn't built for the new climate reality. Yours may not be either Pods, Microschools and Tutors By...
Apr 04, 2022•39 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Jeanette 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 minds...
Apr 04, 2022•47 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Karl Rectanus is an educator, serial entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of LearnPlatform, a mission-driven "for benefit" corporation, where he leads a team of educators, researchers and technologists committed to expanding equitable access for students. LearnPlatform is an Edtech effectiveness system working to deliver safe, equitable, cost-effective learning for districts, states and their partners such as solution providers. Learnplatform’s technologies are used b...
Apr 01, 2022•48 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Outschool How Outschool won the pandemic Master’s Degree Pricing Soars Ryan Craig on MasterCrash Web3 and Education Jomayra Herrera on Learning, Earning, and Web3 University Rankings Don’t Add Up Columbia Professor Challenges U.S. News & World Report College Ranking The University in Ruins M&A Nigerian Edtech Startup Klas Secures $130k Video Learning Startup Raises $29m to Tackle Post-Pandemic Education Edtech startup Leverage Edu pockets $22m in Series B round Perlego rai...
Apr 01, 2022•37 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Ope Bukola was a product manager at Amplify Education and a product lead for Google Classroom for four years before branching out as an entrepreneur in 2020. She founded a company to build African tech talent, was a founding member of Level, a multiracial network that invests in businesses led by Black women, and joined the Board of Zeta, a network of high-performing charter schools in the Bronx. Most recently, Ope is the co-founder and CEO of Kibo School, which offers affordable,...
Mar 28, 2022•47 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Sergio Monsalve is a Founding Partner of Roble Ventures, a venture capital investing firm based in Silicon Valley that invests in human enablement technologies: solutions that help human progress. Sergio is also visiting professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education and Business. In both roles, he is focused on the “Future of Work and Learning” and on developing technology innovations and entrepreneurship. Sergio has been on the board and/or an investor of variou...
Mar 21, 2022•46 min•Ep 26•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Topics This Week: NSVF and Others Receive Funding from MacKenzie Scott for General Operating Here’s Who MacKenzie Scott Donated To So Far In February MacKenzie Scott Makes Historic Gift to NewSchools Venture Fund Edtech Metrics and Skepticism Edtech Companies Must Place Learning Ahead of Revenue and Engagement Who is the Theranos of Education ? Edtech firm Zovio (ZVO) fined $22 million for false advertising, misleading students Amazon expands Career Choice Amazon’s Employees Can G...
Mar 18, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text 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 ...
Mar 16, 2022•46 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Josh Owens is the CEO and co-founder of Boost , a personal notification assistant for students on their smartphone. Josh was formerly the CEO of Supplykick, a growth-stage online marketplace retailer, has been a gubernatorial candidate for the State of Indiana, and has taught economics at Butler University and Indiana University. Boost connects directly to a student's Canvas account, and is designed to be easy & effective to use with no new work for administrators, instru...
Mar 14, 2022•45 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Eduflow is rapidly becoming one a best-in-class LMS, including a cutting edge peer grading system that both saves instructor time and provides learning opportunities for learners and graders alike. David Kofoed Wind, the CEO of Peergrade and Eduflow describes his unusual journey from university teaching to edtech in Copenhagen, Denmark, and how Eduflow is working to make online, asynchronous collaborative learning into a new paradigm for education. We also talk about Artificial In...
Mar 07, 2022•49 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Topics this week include: The Impact on Education of the War in Ukraine 7.5 million children & youth with education disrupted Students rally to support Ukraine EdTech Startups in Ukraine Top 10 Ukrainian EdTech Startups to Look Out for Amid War MIT Ends Program in Russia Ukraine invasion underscores value of higher ed Funding Rounds Disco, Toronto-Based CBC platform, gets $15mm series A from GSV and others EdTech startup Tutored by Teachers raises over $10m Edtech Luca Raises ...
Mar 04, 2022•57 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Our guest this week is Jomayra Herrera - Partner @ Reach Capital , talking about Web3. Higher Ed Beat A pathway out of intergenerational poverty - Paul Quinn College offers admission to students and family members U.S. House expands Pell Grants but excludes online ed Mobile Education State of the mobile education market 2021 Byju's Becoming an Edtech Flagship Byju’s acquires Austrian math app GeoGebra in €100M Deal Byju’s broadens play from edtech with brick-and-mortar tuitio...
Feb 25, 2022•49 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Jomayra Herrera is a partner at Reach Capital, one of the leading edtech venture capital firms, where she supports entrepreneurs that develop technology solutions for challenges in education from early childhood through future of work. In this conversation, we talk about education investing and life as an Edtech VC, as well as about Web3 and education and how it could increase equity and diversity in the crypto space. Resources Learning Earning and Web3: Why I'm Jumping In by...
Feb 24, 2022•42 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Topics This Week: Education Stocks Take a Hit 306 global education stocks lost $120B of value in 2021, down 40% Edtech Stocks hit a steep learning curve Potato Head Becomes a Digital Therapist PresenceLearning partnered with Hasbro to bring beloved characters & classic games to therapy platform Funding + M&A Round-up Munic-based Edurino raised €3.35M to advance digital learning for kids Former Twitter India head Manish Maaheshwari’s Invact Metaversity raises funds @ $33M v...
Feb 18, 2022•45 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Joshua Wöhle is the CEO of UK-based Edtech company Mindstone , a platform that helps people learn faster, remember more and get things done. Previously, Joshua was Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at SuperAwesome, the biggest kids technology company in the world, which was acquired by Epic Games in the summer of 2020. Joshua is an EdTech enthusiast, advisor and Investor. Mindstone is a platform that allows users to automatically create the best learning pathways from content...
Feb 14, 2022•46 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Our guest this week: Alberto Arenaza , Edtech Insider Extraordinaire and Cofounder of Transcend Network and author of the Transcend Newsletter Featured Resource Check out the amazing new Edtech Dash with over 25,000 Edtech companies - Brighteye & Dealroom release open access EdTech dashboard Topics covered this week: Higher Ed & Government House passes College Transparency Act Free community college is “Off the Table” Personalized Learning gets (Social) Emotional CZI conne...
Feb 11, 2022•52 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text This week, we sat down with Jonathan Finkelstein, CEO of Credly, which was acquired by Pearson this week for $200m , and with Rhys Spence, lead author of the recent Europe Edtech Funding Report 2022 . HEADLINES: 1. COVID beat Interesting linkedin post by a teacher caught our eye. There was also a series of articles on Edsurge and elsewhere about life as a COVID principal, pandemic brain science, and student mental health. Big theme of ‘no way to go back’ . 2. Project Kitty Hawk ta...
Feb 05, 2022•59 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Eva Brown is the author of “The Next Right Step: From Teaching to Edtech” . Eva was a classroom teacher for many years before transitioning into Edtech with Scholastic, HMH and now at Formative. Eva runs a consultancy at Eva Brown Consulting to help transitioning teachers take the next right step in their careers. Recommended Resources for Transitioning Teachers Jeff Patterson , CEO of gaggle shares weekly lists of edtech job openings. Linkedin Learning Courses on Edtech (such as ...
Jan 31, 2022•53 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Topics This Week: 1) Labor Shortages Loom in K12 Almost half of all teachers are thinking of leaving their jobs Particularly hurting struggling readers 2) College Enrollments Dropping, Higher Ed Making Digital Shifts Colleges have seen the biggest drop in enrollment in 50 years Some are adapting to a new future with Hybrid College Classrooms 3) School Districts Getting more Cyberattacks and Ransomware Cyberattacks on school districts getting more frequent across the country Georgi...
Jan 28, 2022•51 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text In this Week in Edtech, we cover: 1) Lawsuit Alleging Price-Fixing at Top Universities - NY Times 2) Phil Hill's Coverage of the Shrinking Non-Profit University Ecosystem - Phil on Edtech 3) India cracks down on OPM providers in Higher Ed - Times of India - Economic Times 4) LEAD Becomes the First Indian Edtech Unicorn of 2022 with a $100m round - The News Minute - Techcrunch 5) Around the World - US: GSV Elite 200 Edtech companies Released - UK: MyTutor acquires coding platf...
Jan 21, 2022•38 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Stanford education professor Mitchell Stevens on developing a science for working learners for the NSF to improve research and outcomes for those outside of the traditional higher education system. Mitchell Stevens is a sociologist of higher education at Stanford University and the co-director of the Stanford Pathways Lab with John Mitchell. Report Links Here is a link to the full report Read the list of contributors to the report. Sign up for a live event on January 19th to discu...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text This Week in Edtech, we focus on 1) Labor Shortages and COVID Contingency Plans - California Community Colleges Go Online , along with most UC Campuses and Duke - Staff shortages led to Louisville's school district going back online 2) Edtech VC Firm Owl Ventures Launches 3 Edtech Funds worth over $1B - Crunchbase - WSJ - Economic Times (India) 3) Y Combinator Announced It Would Offer $500K to Companies - This raises the bar for early stage funding - New Edtech Accelerators a...
Jan 14, 2022•42 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Edquity is an emergency financial assistance platform for college students that is distributing $50 million per quarter. Founder David Helene is a college financing wunderkind who is committed to keeping low-income college students enrolled; in this episode, we dive deep into how edtech can help support equity in higher education. Resources that David recommends: Paying the Price by Sara Goldrick-Rab Automating Inequality by Virginia Eubanks...
Jan 10, 2022•47 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Ben and Alex discuss How US Schools are Opening and Closing and Opening, The Merging of Edtech Platforms with Content Providers, The Mental Health Crisis in Schools, Chegg's Lawsuit by Investors, and Edtech's Huge Year and the Global Landscape Shift. We also predict the number of IPOs and Unicorns in 2022, look at the LatAm Edtech market, and do a Deep Dive on GSV Partner Luben Pampaoulov's Medium post on how we get to the first trillion dollar Edtech company throug...
Jan 07, 2022•46 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text In this special episode, Alex and Ben Kornell of Cambium Education, Altschool and Altitude Learning talk about some of the major trends in Edtech in the milestone year of 2021 and predictions for 2022. Trends covered include: - COVID Fueled Disruption and Edtech Acceleration - Labor Shortages in Schools and Teacher Burnout - Nationwide Mental Health Crises for School-Age Children - Major Edtech Mergers and Acquisitions - Edtech Matures as a Technology Sector (From Edu-slow to Tech...
Dec 27, 2021•49 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text In this episode, we talk to Elizabeth Madariaga and Michael Karsh, production and edtech veterans and co-founders of Edios Media . Edios Media is the instructional design and video production studio behind many of the most successful online courses in the world, including: All four Google Career Certificates (the largest MOOCs in 2021) INSEAD's Blockchain Revolution Specialization on Coursera Courses from Facebook, AWS, Paradigm, Salesforce, Lyft and C3.ai In this episode, we...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text In this episode, we speak to Nikki and Dan Gusz, the sibling entrepreneurial team behind career coaching startup Lloyd . Lloyd's mission is to provide career coaching at scale and at affordable prices to those who may not otherwise have access to it. With support from WGU Labs , Lloyd offers 'career services as a service' to education institutions of all kinds, from individual course creators to bootcamps to universities. Resources Dan and Nikki recommend the public...
Dec 13, 2021•49 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text In this episode of Edtech Insiders, we speak with Amy Amner Jenkins, Head of Schools at Outschool. Previously, Amy was the Chief Operating Officer of Education Elements, an associate partner at NewSchools Venture Fund, a co-founder of an after school program that combines soccer and literacy, and a teacher with Teach for America. Amy holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. In this conversation, Amy and I chat about how Outschool became one of the fastest growing edtech companie...
Nov 29, 2021•41 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text In this episode, we speak to Ben Kornell of Cambiar Education , who was most recently the CEO of Altschool as it was acquired by Higher Ground Education in 2021. Ben is a longtime edtech executive with educational roots- five years in the classroom - as well as experience in healthcare, and he speaks in this episode about how we might borrow some of the best practices in healthcare to improve education, as well as how to scale the educational practices of the best teachers in ever...
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