Edtech Insiders
Edtech Insiders
Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell
Week in Edtech 3/26/23: Big Tech Goes all in on AI, Pearson Sells OPM, Rise of Homeschooling & Skill-Based Hiring
53 minutes Posted Mar 27, 2023 at 1:00 pm.
online tutoring contract with Paper5 pandemic-era technologies schools don’t want to give up4) Skills-Based Hiring On the RiseAccredible Announces the Launch of Skills Pathways REPORT: How Skills Are Disrupting Work Global Survey of 37k School Students Reveals Desire to Modernize Education5) The Myth of Education as an Equalizer: Book ReviewThe Myth of Education as Equalizer Funding/M&A:BREAKING: Workera's $23m Series BGlider AI raises $10M Almentor raises $10M Trala Raises $8 MillionAG5 raises €6 millionUpduo raises $4MMaqsad Secures $2.8 MillionVitalSource Acquires AkademosQuottly Joins Parchment
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Join us at ASU GSV!This week on the pod:1) Big Tech Goes All in On AILaunch of Google BardAdobe launches Firefly generative A.I., which lets users type to edit imagesMicrosoft launches Loop, a Notion competitor+ ChatGPT in Education:Where Is the ‘AI Conundrum’ in Education Headed?We Can’t Keep ChatGPT Out of the Classroom, so Let’s Address the ‘Why’Inside the Quest to Detect (and Tame) ChatGPT2) Pearson sells OPM Division/OPM RegulationPearson Sells Its OPM Business  (PhilOnEdTech)When universities slap their names on for-profit coding boot camps 3) How Has COVID Changed Public Schooling?Public School Enrollment Dropped by 1.2M During the PandemicNew Mexico terminates 1:1 online tutoring contract with Paper5 pandemic-era technologies schools don’t want to give up4) Skills-Based Hiring On the RiseAccredible Announces the Launch of Skills Pathways REPORT: How Skills Are Disrupting Work Global Survey of 37k School Students Reveals Desire to Modernize Education5) The Myth of Education as an Equalizer: Book ReviewThe Myth of Education as Equalizer Funding/M&A:BREAKING: Workera's $23m Series BGlider AI raises $10M Almentor raises $10M Trala Raises $8 MillionAG5 raises €6 millionUpduo raises $4MMaqsad Secures $2.8 MillionVitalSource Acquires AkademosQuottly Joins Parchment