#1 The New Learning Economy: It’s Time To Build in Education
This piece from Anne Lee Skates at a16z captures the macro trends and opportunities driving the Learning Economy. We believe that learning will move from classrooms and online courses to being ubiquitous and invisible.
Andreessen Horowitz
#2 Reflecting on Our Impact on K-12 Since 2015
Technology in the classroom isn’t the issue, nor is digital illiteracy. The percentage of students & teachers with a school computer increased from 46% in 2015 to 90%+ in 2022. Access is there, but we still need better products and services.
Reach Capital
#3 With Audiobooks Launching in the U.S. Today, Spotify Is the Home for All the Audio You Love
Spotify already became the largest podcast platform in the US: with audiobooks, they are becoming a major force in education. The category is growing 20% year over year and will provide learners of all ages a more accessible (and social) way to consume books.
Spotify
#4 America’s Education Crisis Is a National Security Threat
Apropos of a magazine focused on foreign competitiveness, education is a crucial component of human capital and national might. China will soon overtake the US in college-educated workers, while India may surpass the US in higher ed graduates over the next two decades. While they see it as a threat, we also see an opportunity.
Foreign Affairs
#5 UN Transforming Education Summit
The stats discussed at the UN are staggering: 64.3% of children worldwide cannot read or understand a simple story, while 840 million young people will leave school in their teens with no qualifications for the future workplace.
United Nations
#6 BYJU's partners with Meta Immersive Learning to educate the next generation of creators with introduction of interactive Spark AR courses
The most valuable edtech is partnering with the most valuable metaverse company to empower the next generation of AR creators. We think education is a killer application for extended reality and are bullish about where this goes.
PRNewsWire
#7 Adwaab is the #1 app in Jordan across all categories, ahead of TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat.
Futurist Thomas Frey famously predicted that the largest company on the internet in 2030 is going to be an education company that no one has heard of yet. Adwaab, a GSV Ventures portfolio company, is becoming that in Jordan.
LinkedIn
#8 What Can Decentralized Organizations Accomplish in Education? -
“Imagine if a student were able to have a voice in determining where their tuition funds are allocated!” We believe that DAOs and Web3 are a game changer for aligning incentives among learners, teachers, and schools. Ed3 DAO is a disruptive experiment in the future of education, and we’re eager to follow their course launch.
GettingSmart
#9 Nirmit Parikh, Founder & CEO, Apna: An Indian unicorn with a job-market solution
GSV portfolio company Apna is creating a friction-free way for 400 million blue- and gray-collar workers to get hired and upskilled: a "Weapon of Mass Instruction" for the 90% of Indian workers who do not have a college degree.
The Learnit Podcast
#10 Education is a human right–but it’s getting deprioritized in an age of crises
We’re excited to see the CEO of the LEGO Foundation call attention to what we view as the largest crisis (and opportunity) in the world: ensuring that every child has an equal opportunity to participate in the future.
Fortune
