Send us a text Joe Watt co-founded ECMC Group’s Education Impact Fund to back bold ideas expanding equity and opportunity in education. Today, he leads the Fund as Managing Director, shaping how patient, mission-driven capital creates lasting change. He’s joined by Atin Batra, a Director at the Fund, who leads investments across the learner journey, bringing a global venture lens and a deep focus on measurable outcomes that improve learner success. 💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode: How...
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Send us a text Joe Watt co-founded ECMC Group’s Education Impact Fund to back bold ideas expanding equity and opportunity in education. Today, he leads the Fund as Managing Director, shaping how patient, mission-driven capital creates lasting change. He’s joined by Atin Batra, a Director at the Fund, who leads investments across the learner journey, bringing a global venture lens and a deep focus on measurable outcomes that improve learner success. 💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode: How...
Week in EdTech 10/8/25: Cell Phone Bans Sweep Schools, Federal Shutdown Hits Education, Higher Ed Faces Enrollment Crisis, ChatGPT Integrates Coursera, and More! Feat. Jim & Maurie Beasley of AIEDPro, and Stacey Brook of College Essay Advisors
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Week in EdTech 10/8/25: Cell Phone Bans Sweep Schools, Federal Shutdown Hits Education, Higher Ed Faces Enrollment Crisis, ChatGPT Integrates Coursera, and More! Feat. Jim & Maurie Beasley of AIEDPro, and Stacey Brook of College Essay Advisors
Send us a text Join hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell with guest Anna Edwards of Whiteboard Advisors as they unpack a packed week in education technology. From sweeping cell phone bans to AI reshaping classrooms and colleges, and celebrate a major milestone of 400 episodes of EdTech Insiders! ✨ Episode Highlights: [00:00:00] States expand K–12 phone bans over mental health [00:04:29] Federal shutdown hits Title I, Head Start, ED [00:06:28] ICE detains superintendent, raising compliance fears ...
Edtech Insiders
Send us a text Joe Watt co-founded ECMC Group’s Education Impact Fund to back bold ideas expanding equity and opportunity in education. Today, he leads the Fund as Managing Director, shaping how patient, mission-driven capital creates lasting change. He’s joined by Atin Batra, a Director at the Fund, who leads investments across the learner journey, bringing a global venture lens and a deep focus on measurable outcomes that improve learner success. 💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode: How...
