This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 5/27/22

Send us Fan MailGuest: Jeffrey Cohen, CEO of FullBloomTopics This Week:Class Technologies Acquires Blackboard Collaborate$210M DealPhilOnEdTech Take MetaverseMercedes Bent on why Metaverse isn’t Over-hypedWorld Economic Forum: the future of education is in experiential learning & VRVirtual Is the New Reality for M.B.A. StudentsInvact Metaversity cancels first cohortBig Tech in EdFacebook Working on a Udemy Competitor?Declining Enrollment at Public SchoolsNYT ‘Seismic Hit’ TakeFunding + M&AFundraising in a Downturn? + Emerge Summit 22Masterschool raises $100MTorch raises $40MParallel Learning raises $20MFoondaMate raises $2M6 Bit Education raises £800KKnowunity raises €10MAmplify Acquires DesmosGenius Group Acquires E-Squared