This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 1/14/22 with Guest Natalia Kucirkova

Send us Fan MailWelcome back to our Weekly Round-up of Edtech news across the industry! Guest: Natalia Kucirkova of Wikit, ASOur top stories this week:1) Companies Becoming Platforms through Consolidation- HMH acquires school testing non-profit NWEA- Instructure (maker of the Canvas LMS) acquires evidence platform Learnplatform - Zoom launches 'Essential Apps' including Kahoot! and Prezi- Jack McDermott of Chegg on consolidation in Edtech  2) Edtech Winter creating CEO turnover- Upgrad CEO Arjun Mohan resigns- Newsela CEO Matthew Gross leaves, Pep Carrera from Nearpod takes helm- Udemy CEO and Board Chair retires, is replaced by Head of Udemy Business- Inspera changes CEO3) Seattle schools suing big tech- Seattle schools are suing TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube for causing mental health crises 4) Student Financial Aid Startup Frank Being Sued by J.P. Morgan Chase- JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon and co are now suing the company, alleging that Frank invented 4+ million fake users to close the sale. -  Ben: "the FTX of Edtech."5) Edtech Conference Season is Underway- GSV announces its "GSV 150" and the "Elite 200"- SxSWEdu announces its launch contest participantsFunding RoundsLEAD School becomes Unicorn, acquires Pearson's K-12 Business in IndiaToddle raises $17 millionEduvanz raises $12.6MSchola raises $10MHowdy extends series A