2020 Fall Update
Dear Friends and Colleagues, We hope this message finds you and your family healthy and well. The Thanksgiving holiday has come and gone and most likely had a very different feel for you, as it did for us. But nonetheless, Thanksgiving remains a time for reflection and an opportunity for each of us to take […]
4 ways the 2021 Congress should improve college grant program for low-income students
By Jeff Keith © Getty Images Last week, President-Elect Joe Biden reaffirmed his support for erasing some student debt and emphasized that his administration would dedicate more federal aid to lower the cost of college, including doubling funding for Pell Grants. Calls to increase funding for Pell are not new, but less talked about is the notion of reforming […]
Reading Plus Launches “Literacy Leaders Network” Advocacy Group
Reading Plus launched the Literacy Leaders Network, an advocacy group aimed at improving reading proficiency and literacy in their communities through Reading Plus and beyond. Read more here.
EdCast and edX Launch $315 Million Investment for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
EdCast, an Avathon portfolio company, announced its commitment to helping small and mid-size businesses by giving a year of free access to their Spark by EdCast platform. Spark, EdCast’s market-leading Learning Experience Platform (LXP) for SMBs, enables remote upskilling, training and learning programs. Learn more about this initiative here.
Education Recovery Requires Long-Term Investment Strategy, Not Another One-off Stimulus
By David DeSchryver and Jason Rosenberg With nearly 25 million Americans still receiving unemployment benefits, the coronavirus is pulling the country into a protracted recession. Earlier this year, economists speculated whether the recovery would be V-shaped, with a quick decline and a quick recovery; U-shaped, with a steep decline and elongated recovery; or perhaps a W-shape, with a short […]
Panopto Named One of Washington’s Best Workplaces
Panopto, an Avathon Capital portfolio company and leader in video management systems for enterprise and education markets, was named one of Washington’s 25 Best Midsize Workplaces. Read more here. Congratulations, Panopto!
Shorelight CEO Profiled in Boston Business Journal
Shorelight Education CEO Tom Dretler was profiled by the Boston Business Journal. He shares career insights and details Shorelight’s mission to connect universities with international students. Read the profile here.
EdCast Partners with General Assembly
EdCast, an Avathon portfolio company, is partnering with General Assembly, an educational organization with an alumni community of more than 40,0000, to deliver specialty tech courses for Fortune 500 employees. Read more here.
Edsurge Highlights Shorelight Education
While the education industry confronts immense change, Shorelight, an Avathon Capital portfolio organization, has adapted to accommodate its diverse international audience of students through their new international distance instruction program “Shorelight Live.” Shorelight expects more than 2,000 students to engage in the program this fall. Learn more about how the company continues to provide exceptional […]
TechTarget mentions EdCast as an exceptional platform for employee development
EdCast, an AI-powered knowledge cloud for unified discovery, personalized learning was named a top learning platform for employee development by TechTarget. Learn about EdCast’s prebuilt platforms businesses use to create content to communicate with employees here.