This Week in Edtech with Ben Kornell, 8/26/22

Send us Fan MailTopics This Week:Student Loan ForgivenessNYT + Inside Higher Ed Valuations”Stars Through Thunderstorms”Accelerator NewsY Combinator cuts startup batch size by 40% amid economic downturnCrunchbase: 2,000 Tech Layoffs in 2022Higher Ed & K12 EnrollmentThese Colleges and Universities Are Reporting Record Size Freshmen Classes + UC program seeks to re-enroll adults who stopped outHopeful but careful: Parents and teachers address new school yearHigher ed must build on what we learned during the pandemicStates Where Public Schools Are Losing the Most StudentsLabor Disputes Threaten Start of New School YearFunding + M&ASunstone raises $35MGrowthSpace raises $25MMicroverse raises $4MITHAKA raises $2.5MReady Player Me raises $56M BrightCHAMPS Acquires ScholaNerdy Acquires Codeverse