K-12 schools and higher education establishments have seen a shift in not only how education is delivered, but also in the market around educational software development. EdTech programs have increased exponentially, and hybrid courses have been embraced as a new and beneficial model for students and teachers alike.

In this episode John and Rob share their insider knowledge on how tech providers are adapting and how enrollment has been affected, as well as their predictions for the future of EdTech.

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The education sector covers a very wide spectrum, so how do you go about investing in the right business? In this episode, Todd Hand speaks with Amit Patel and Ian Chiu, Managing Directors at Owl Ventures, to find out who they are working closely with. EdTech is able to produce global products that scale fast, so now is the time to act quickly. Tune in as they discuss the timelines of closing deals, Patel and Chiu's successful investments and exits, as well as a very special announcement regarding current funds.

Founded in 2014, Owl Ventures is the largest venture capital firm in the world focused on the education technology market with over $1.2 billion in assets under management. Notable investments include BYJU’S, Noodle Partners and Dreambox Learning.

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In the light of the recent changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, Todd welcomes David Evans and George Bernstein to the Knowledge Leaders Podcast to discuss the financial and infrastructural impacts on child care businesses.

A lot of parents are trying to find a viable solution for their children’s wellbeing, whilst maintaining their ability to work from home.

David Evans is involved with Child Development Schools. He reflects on the current state of child care, and points out the differences from the retail sector. In childcare businesses, teachers, parents and investors have always prioritised the safety and wellbeing of the children above profits. David assesses how a successful childcare business can function whilst taking parents’ newfound work-at-home lifestyle into Account.

George Bernstein is the former CEO of Nobel Learning Communities. George discusses the best approach to investment in a general sense, but particularly in navigating 2020’s unpredictable market and environment.

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Several months into the pandemic, many businesses have had to learn how to hire new team members remotely. In this episode, Todd and April catch up with Varda Halidy, ASA’s new VP of Human Resources, to hear what it’s been like joining a team virtually. Tune in as we discuss video interviews, building meaningful connections with colleagues over Zoom, and Varda’s advice for hiring over the next few months.

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Todd Hand sits down with Dan Vigdor, Founder and Executive Chairman of HackerU, Martin Keck, Head of Edtech Investment Banking at Needham & Company and Kush Patel, CEO of App Academy to discuss coding boot camps and how the switch to online and remote learning has changed their education process. Follow Dan on Social: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-vigdor-6b3b7511/ Follow Martin on Social: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-keck-09113a/ Follow Kush on Social: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnknific/ Follow Todd on Social: Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toddhand/ Follow Knowledge Leaders on Social: Twitter: twitter.com/KnowledgeLDRS LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-leaders

Todd Hand sits down with Chris Caren, CEO of Turnitin, and John Knific, Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of Wisr, to discuss the changes they've seen as executives in education technology companies selling into higher education. What does the 2020 school year look like for higher education? What are these education technology companies doing to help their customers during these times? Follow Chris on Social: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriscaren/ Follow John on Social: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnknific/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnknific Follow Todd on Social: Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toddhand/ Follow Knowledge Leaders on Social: Twitter: twitter.com/KnowledgeLDRS LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-leaders

Todd Hand sits down with Ash Kaluarachchi, Co-Founder,  and Jonathan Harber, Chairman and Co-Founder of Started, Inc. John Gamba, Entrepreneur in Residence & Director of Innovative Programs, and Michael Golden, Executive Director and Senior Fellow, of The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, and Jeanne Allen, Founder and CEO of The Center of Education Reform to discuss the upcoming EdTech Week, which has now become a virtual event. In this conversation, we learn how this event is different from the past, as well as how much as changed from the original plans in order to provide the best and most attainable event for attendees. This event, now free to all attendees, has something for everyone. To learn more about this year's event, and to register, please go to https://edtechweek.com. Follow Ash on Social: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ashanthaik/ Follow Jonathan on Social: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-d-harber-370145/ Follow Todd on Social: Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toddhand/ Follow Knowledge Leaders on Social: Twitter: twitter.com/KnowledgeLDRS LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-leaders

Bradley Palmer, Chairman of Palm Ventures, and John Semel, Chief Strategy Officer of Zovio, Inc., sit down with Todd Hand to talk about the intricacies of investment in higher education during a global pandemic. The current pandemic has accelerated some of the issues they’ve seen in higher education previously. They discuss the potential for the perceived ROI of higher education to drastically change enrollment rates for the 2020 school year. There is a continued conversation regarding the ever-growing skills gap that we are facing in America that will only be accelerated during this time of mass unemployment and remote learning. Bradley and John give their thoughts on which companies and schools have the most promise and growth on the other side of this.  Follow Bradley Palmer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-palmer-951562a/ Follow John Semel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-semel-35aa9/ Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd
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Todd Hand sits down with Elizabeth Garlow of the Lumina Foundation, and Marc Sternberg of the Walton Family Foundation to discuss the changing focus of education foundations. They open with a discussion about how things that were true before the pandemic are only amplified now. Communities and school districts that were in need before the pandemic are even more so now. Elizabeth and Marc talk about a potential for a two or three generation learning approach, and how remote learning environments can work for not only children, but also parents and even grandparents. They discuss what the Lumina Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation are seeing from the demographics of students they service currently and make predictions towards what the future holds for them. Follow Elizabeth Garlow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethgarlow/ Follow Elizabeth Garlow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EliGarlow Follow Marc Sternberg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-sternberg-0258541b/ Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd
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Joseph Wise, CEO of ERDI, and Chris Minnich, CEO of NWEA talk with Todd Hand about K-12 School Districts and how this is currently the biggest upheaval K-12 education has ever experienced. Joseph and Chris discuss how their companies are planning for after the pandemic, as well as what questions school districts are asking. How can will teachers bridge learning gaps in September? Will September be normal? How can we get wifi and edtech into the hands of more students? All this and more in the latest episode of the Knowledge Leaders Podcast Follow Joseph Wise on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-wise-8904b015/ Follow Chris Minnich on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-minnich/ Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd
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Grant Ricketts and Ed Cohen discuss how learning and development companies can help corporations and schools during and after the current pandemic with Todd Hand. They discuss the missed opportunities for schools and corporations to utilize their L&D departments to ease into the transition of remote learning and working. Will L&D departments have a rebrand at the end of this crisis? Are the current issues with remote learning and working a technology issue or a people issue? The answers to these questions and more in Todd Hand's latest conversation. Grant wanted to add the following thoughts regarding the implications for 'Learning Service Suppliers' given the 'new normal' conditions we may face upon returning to work. "We might have skipped over this to some degree. But a key implication is that the 'selling targets' for Learning Suppliers may change or evolve. As L&D personnel get further enmeshed with Business Units (a topic we did cover), the Governance and Funding models for L&D may change as well. This suggests that the target buyers suppliers sell to may be different, or situated differently. And, this would require substantial agility in navigating the enterprise on the part of sales and business development teams for Learning Suppliers. " Follow Grant Ricketts on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-ricketts-24422a/ Follow Ed Cohen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-cohen-b22b2/ Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd
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Listen to Todd Hand's conversation with Zach Shah, Managing Director and Head of Education Services at Lincoln International, and Tom Slagle, CEO of Rasmussen College, where they discuss the potential for higher education institutions to explore a more skills-based curriculum to meet the changing needs of students and employers, post pandemic. They also discuss what we can learn from schools who made the investment in online learning before the crisis and how that is allowing them to not only survive, but also expand their offerings. Follow Tom Slagle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-slagle-a712218/ Follow Zack Shah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zackshah/ Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd
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Todd Hands speaks with Jamie Casap, Chief Education Evangelist at Google, and Lesli Rotenberg, Chief Programming Executive and General Manager of Education Children’s Media and Education at PBS. It’s part of a series of talks Todd Hand is having with the brightest minds in education on the current and future state of learning. This particular conversation does a deep dive into the inequities in technology and education resources that have been revealed during the current crisis. Jamie and Lesli discuss how a variety of free educational resources, including those from PBS, can support "at home” learning, and help close the technology gap. If you missed the previous episodes in the series, you can listen on our website, knowledgeleadersgroup.com/knowledge-hub/podcast/. Up next, Todd will be speaking with Tom Slagle at Rasmussen College and Zack Shah at Lincoln International. Listen to more episodes: https://knowledgeleadersgroup.com/knowledge-hub/podcast/ Follow Jamie Casap on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimecasap/ Follow Jamie Casap on Youtube: www.youtube.com/jaimecasap Follow Lesli Rotenberg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslirotenberg/ Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd
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K-12 will never be the same after the pandemic. Todd Hand sits down with Jamie Candee, CEO at Edmentum and Elizabeth Chou, Investor at Leeds Equity discuss the current challenges facing K-12 and what the Summer and Fall might look like for the 40 million schoolchildren in the U.S. This conversation is the second in-depth podcast in our series which is designed to keep education executives and investors informed and connected in these uncertain times. Follow Elizabeth Chou on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethwillschou/ Follow Jamie Candee on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpost/ Follow Jamie Candee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CandeeJamie Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd Follow Todd Hand on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toddhand/ Follow Knowledge Leaders on Twitter: twitter.com/KnowledgeLDRS Follow Knowledge Leaders on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-leaders

Todd Hand talks with Robert Lytle of EY-Parthenon and John Katzman of Noodle Partners, Inc. to discuss current events surrounding both K-12 education and higher education. Delving into where the future of education technology lies, as well as the differences between online learning and remote learning. Follow Robert Lyle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertslytle/ Follow John Katzman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkatzman/ Follow John Katzmann on Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnkatzman Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd Follow Todd Hand on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toddhand/ Follow Knowledge Leaders on Twitter: twitter.com/KnowledgeLDRS Follow Knowledge Leaders on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-leaders

Bob Puopolo, Parter at Epic Partners, joins Todd Hand to discuss the upcoming Capital Roundtable in New York City on January 22nd, 2020. Bob talks about Epic Partners, and some of their plans for the upcoming year. He provides insight into which education sectors have been rewarding investments, as well as which have not been. Learn More About this episode: https://knowledgeleadersgroup.com/?p=1346&preview=true Follow Bob Puopolo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-puopolo-414ab27/ Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd Follow Todd Hand on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toddhand/ Follow Knowledge Leaders on Twitter: twitter.com/KnowledgeLDRS Follow Knowledge Leaders on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-leaders

Jennifer Ferrari, President of Education Research and Development Institute, talks with Todd Hand and April Sarraille of Knowledge Leaders to discuss the upcoming ERDI institute in February, as well as the shifts ERDI has made in the past year. Follow Jennifer Ferrari on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-ferrari-25b64a9/ Follow Jennifer Ferrari on Twitter: twitter.com/jlferrari128 Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd Follow Todd Hand on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toddhand/ Follow Knowledge Leaders on Twitter: twitter.com/KnowledgeLDRS Follow Knowledge Leaders on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-leaders

Todd Hand discusses the upcoming LearnLaunch Across Boundaries conference with members of ASA, Jean Eddy and Annabel Cellini, sponsors of this year's event. For more information about LearnLaunch and to register, please go to https://learnlaunch.org/2020conference/ Jean Eddy, President & CEO, and Annabel Cellini, Chief Strategy Officer, discuss what to expect at this year's conference and why ASA has chosen to sponsor this event. Eddy and Cellini also describe how ASA has been helping students through their unique 'direct-to-kid' approach, and what they refer to as an informal learning opportunity. Get transcript excerpts of this episode here: https://knowledgeleadersgroup.com/learn-launch-eddy-and-cellini/ Share clips of this podcast on social media: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV9EySWdXqg - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WyT0kwSZ50 - https://youtu.be/jCgjPKmMoB0 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iksw0SgxLpI Follow Jean Eddy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-eddy-6584786/ Follow Annabel Cellini on Twitter: https://twitter.com/annabelcellini Follow Annabel Cellini on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelcellini/ Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd Follow Todd Hand on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toddhand/ Follow LearnLaunch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LearnLaunch Follow LearnLaunch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/learnlaunch/ Follow Knowledge Leaders on Twitter: twitter.com/KnowledgeLDRS Follow Knowledge Leaders on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-leaders

Todd Hand of Knowledge Leaders talks about the current state of higher education investment with Jason Plamer and Aanand Radia. Both guests are partners at private equity firms that own education technology companies, helping to better for-profit education system Get a transcript of this episode: https://knowledgeleadersgroup.com/interview-with-palmer-and-radia/ Share clips of this episode on social: https://youtu.be/2zWtIwa1Z3w https://youtu.be/ywfMZ8USa9k https://youtu.be/J6pxsqbFXWk Follow Aanand Radia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aanand-radia-368b454/ Follow Aanand Radia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AanandRadia Follow Jason Palmer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduventions/ Follow Jason Palmer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/educationpalmer Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd Follow Todd Hand on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toddhand/ Follow Knowledge Leaders on Twitter: twitter.com/KnowledgeLDRS Follow Knowledge Leaders on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-leaders

David Mohr, CEO of Salud Education, sits down with Todd Hand to discuss what changes have been made to healthcare education recently, as well as why there is a healthcare worker shortage and which companies are helping the issue. Listen to the full episode: https://knowledgeleadersgroup.com/the-healthcare-w…ation-can-fix-it/ Share clips of this episode on social media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IpNiU945ZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh9Jq9T3SC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSMduvt_ovQ Follow David Mohr on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davemohr/ Follow Todd Hand on Twitter: twitter.com/HandTodd Follow Todd Hand on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toddhand/ Follow Knowledge Leaders on Twitter: twitter.com/KnowledgeLDRS Follow Knowledge Leaders on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/knowledge-leaders