Edtech Insiders

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


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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
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