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Week in Edtech 4/30/23: Microschooling, Skills-Based Hiring, & the Indian Edtech Haves and Have-Nots

2023/5/5
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News Covered: 

MICROSCHOOLING:

  • New Research Reveals The Breadth And Impact Of The Microschooling Movement Forbes)

INDIA: THE HAVES AND THE HAVE-NOTS

  • Unacademy To Be Profitable At Group Level In April: CEO Gaurav Munjal Upstart)
  • Ed-tech Firm Simplilearn Plans Acquisitions, Expansion Amid Funding Winter :** **Business Standard)
  • upGrad to expand Study Abroad programme in Africa, South-East Asia and Middle East** **The Hindu Business Line)
  • Edtech Startup BrightChamps Makes Third Acquisition, Enters B2B Arena The Economic Times)
  • Woes Of The Funding Winter Continue To Jitter Indian Edtechs; Are There Any Hopes Of Revival?** **INC42)

EVIDENCE IN EDTECH AND LEARNING LOSS

  • EdTech Evidence Toolkit by the Office of Education Technology: Supporting Schools’ Use of Evidence to Guide EdTech Adoption **| **US Department of Education)
  • COVID-19 Hit Schools Unequally, But Data Shows Learning Recovery Is Equally Slow Edsurge)

SKILLS-BASED HIRING LEADS TO HIGHER ED EXPERIMENTATION

  • Students Want More Workplace Skills From Colleges. Will Higher Ed Adjust? |** **EdSurge)
  • As ‘Skills-Based Hiring’ Becomes All The Rage, These Education Leaders Want To Overturn A 117-Year-Old Way Of Measuring Students’ Experiences-** **Forbes)
  • Colleges Push 3-year Degrees As Enrollments Fall, Costs Rise** **The Washington Times)
  • More Than 40 Million Americans Have Now Attended College Without Earning A Degree** ******)