Our guest this week:

Alberto Arenaza, Edtech Insider Extraordinaire and Cofounder of Transcend Network and author of the Transcend Newsletter

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Topics covered this week:

1. Higher Ed & Government
   • House passes College Transparency Act
   • Free community college is “Off the Table”
2. Personalized Learning gets (Social) Emotional
   • CZI connects students & teachers via “Along”
   • Promise of personalized learning for EdTech startups
     1. Wayfinder
     2. Learnfully
     3. Empowerly
3. 2022 EdTech Valuations- Ripe for Repricing?
   • EdTech hits a steep learning curve
4. Edtech Acquisitions
   • Cengage Group to acquire Infosec for $190.8 million
   • Studytube acquired Springest & closed $30m series B
   • GoStudent acquired Seneca Learning & Tus Media Group
   • Brightchamps acquired Education 10x
   • Aviso Retention acquired by Watermark Insights after 10 years of bootstrapping
   • Modern Campus acquired Signal Vine
5. Book Bans Threaten Intellectual Freedom
   • Voters of Tomorrow to distribute copies of ‘Maus’ and ‘Beloved’ in Texas and Virginia