🏫 5 Strategic Shifts in K12: From High Impact to Hybrid Instruction.

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HolonIQ identifies 20 strategic shifts shaping education's future, from early childhood to workforce training. Over the next decade, K12 education will prioritize high-quality approaches to address critical challenges and seek novel approaches for long-term impact. Technology integration and personalized learning will continue to evolve.

This Week's Topics

🏫 5 Strategic Shifts in K12. K12 systems keep learners at the center
📊 Chart Spotlight. Satisfaction in US K12 education
📈 K12 Digital Transformation Survey. Survey closes this week
📖 Annual Education Outlook. 180+ pages of trends, insight, and data
💰 Education Deals of the Week. Funding and M&A

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🏫 5 Strategic Shifts in K12

HolonIQ research identifies 20 key strategic shifts transforming education across early childhood, K12, higher education, and workforce education. Over the next decade, expect a focus on skills, where new methods assess and develop essential future competencies. Technology will drive innovative learning models and experiences while the gap between research and practice narrows, ensuring evidence-based approaches. Holistic education, nurturing both academic and personal growth, will be critical for learner success.

In K12, the learner is at the center, and this will drive the evolution of blended, hybrid, and technology-enabled models, creating a personalized and interactive learning experience through online and in-person blends. Expect K12 systems to address challenges with novel solutions that prioritize short-term solutions but promise long-term outcomes, strengthen teacher capacity, and prioritize student well-being – encompassing physical, emotional, and digital safety. A renewed emphasis on foundational literacy and math aims to equip students for the future, tackling global tech talent shortages and disparities in STEM fields.

Read more about the 20 strategic shifts in the 2024 Global Education Outlook, which offers over 180 pages of insights on the education industry. Download the extract or purchase the full report.

📊 Charts Spotlight - Only 36% Satisfaction in US K12 Education

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A nationwide survey revealed that only 36% of Americans expressed satisfaction with K-12 education quality in 2023, marking a record low since 2000. On the other hand, 63% of respondents are dissatisfied, emphasizing deep concerns about the current state of education. This is not something new; despite occasional fluctuations, dissatisfaction levels have consistently outpaced satisfaction rates over the past decade. This downward trajectory signals deep-seated concerns within the public regarding the state of education. 

👩🏽‍🏫 K12 Digital Transformation Survey

Education leaders are sharing that teacher retention, digital adoption, transformation, and preparing learners for the future are top challenges for K12 this year—which will prove to come out on top.

Please share your thoughts and take HolonIQ's second annual K12 Digital Transformation Survey. The survey closes soon!

📖 2024 Global Education Outlook

HolonIQ's annual analysis of the global education economy offers over 180 pages of in-depth insights on market data, investments, strategic shifts, and trends in education. Download the extract or purchase the full report.

💰 Education Deals of the Week

HolonIQ actively monitors and tracks capital flow in the Education market, spanning across all regions and transaction categories. Subscribe to our Daily Capital Markets newsletter to see the top deals daily.

Funding

📈 Modal, a skill development platform for data and analytics professionals, secured $25M in Series A funding aiming to enhance its platform, accelerate customer acquisition, and continue to recruit talent.

🏡 Home From College raised $5.4M in seed funding led by Google Ventures, aiming for product expansion and team growth.

🎉 Lirvana Labs, a developer of educational apps, raised $5.3M in seed funding to expand an AI-powered learning app for young children

🖥️ Had, a Saudi-based technical education products developer, has raised $5M in pre-seed funding led by Dar Al Majed Investment.

🛰️ Aviotron Aerospace, providing experiential STEAM learning for students in India, has raised $600K in funding from Enrission India Capital. The funds will be used to expand its footprint across India, targeting all 28 states by year-end.

🧮 A2zebra, a provider of tech-driven educational tools for pre-schools based in Germany, has raised $537K. The funding will be used to launch their new product.

🌉 Bridging the gap between student volunteers and NGOs, Malaysian platform Bridge Connect secured $25.9K to facilitate volunteer experiences.

M&A

🔤 IXL Learning, a developer of personalized learning products, acquired Dictionary.com, an online English-language dictionary, and Thesaurus.com, the largest collection of synonyms and antonyms.

👀 Axcel Learning, an investing platform that focuses on professional education businesses, has acquired KMK Optometry, a provider of optometry board exam prep and coaching.

📣 Amplify, a developer of curriculum and assessment programs, acquired Math ANEX, a math assessment provider.

📚 OCLC, a non-profit global library organization, acquired CloudLibrary, a digital content platform for libraries.

💼 Wakelet, a content curator, acquired online portfolio provider Bulb, used primarily by teachers and job applicants.

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