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This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 8/12/22

2022/8/12
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Topics This Week:

  • Fall Election Cycle

  • Va. Gov. Youngkin faces second suit over teacher tip line)

  • Democrats Cede ‘Party of Education’ Label to GOP)

  • 2022 CHLOE 7 Report

  • Announcement)** + **PDF)

  • Online learning leaders think fully in-person will be a rarity)

  • Big Tech vs. Udemy

  • Amazon Launches Udemy Competitor)

  • Facebook Working on a Udemy Competitor?)

  • Metaverse

  • Harvard Metaverse in Education Report)

  • Deloitte Metaverse Report)

  • AppLovin wants to buy video game maker Unity for $20 billion)

  • Funding + M&A

  • upGrad raises $210M)** and **acquires Exampur)

  • Jodo raises $15M)

  • Territorium raises $4.4M)

  • Kide Science raises $1M)

  • Achievable raises $650K)

  • Prometric LLC acquires Finetune)

  • EducationDynamics acquires EDU First)