This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 9/9/22

Edtech Insiders

Guest: Anjuli Gupta, Head of Academic Partnerships @ Outlier.org

• MasterClass's Co-Founder Takes on the Community College Degree
• Outlier.org & Golden Gate University Reinvent Affordable College with Degrees+

Topics This Week:

1. LAUSD Cyberattack
   • Los Angeles Schools Hit with Ransomware Attack
   • FBI joins probe into LAUSD cyberattack
2. Learning Loss & Pandemic Recovery
   • Plunging NAEP scores signal a long and difficult road to recovery
   • 7 charts highlighting the pandemic’s impact on 2022 NAEP scores
   • U.S. School Closures Leave Students Behind.
   • Experts Say Kids Are Far Behind After COVID; Parents Shrug. Why the Disconnect?
3. Around the World
   • China Liberal Education acquires Wanwang Investment Limited
   • Vitru Limited acquires Rede Enem
   • Entrepreneurship and Education across Africa
   • Byju's to raise $500M @ $23B valuation + Ministry of Corporate Affairs Inquiry
4. XR Grows
   • Metaversity is in Session as Meta and Iowa’s VictoryXR Open 10 Virtual Campuses
   • Oxford University Press partners with Immersify Education to create interactive learning modules
5. Funding + M&A
   • Glints raises $50M
   • Learnsoft raises $17M
   • Astro raises $13M
   • LumiQ raises $5M
   • EarlyDay raises $3.25M
   • Discovery Education acquires Pivot Interactives
   • Unacademy acquires Gate Academy
   • Edlio acquires SchoolInfo
   • Scholastic acquires Learning Ovations
   • XanEdu acquires PLC Associates

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