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Week in Edtech 8/4/23: EdTech Weekly Highlights: Supreme Court's Admissions Ruling, AI in K-12, Funding Roundup & More!

2023/8/7
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Edtech Winners of the Summer:- Kahoot!) gets $1.72B Buyout- Duolingo) continues to beat the market - GoStudent) raises $95 (some debt) to expand - Ukraine-based Preply) raises $70M (some debt)Edtech Bummers of the Summer:- Paper )conducts layoffs - Byju's negative press) after board walkouts), despite AI rolloutEdtech Partnerships of the Summer:- Instructure to distribute Khanmigo) through Canvas AI App Marketplace- Newsela acquires Formative) to expand assessment capabilities- Coursera and UT System) launch system wide "Career Academy" microcredentials+ The biggest story in Higher Ed (the end of affirmative action) and K12 (continued backsliding of outcomes in the face of politicization), the AI beat, funding round-up and more!