ETC will select winners for the second annual “Best in Education” Awards in 40 categories recognizing people, deals, and business efforts in education and edtech
NEW YORK (December 10, 2024) – EdTech Chronicle (ETC), a rapidly growing publication covering education and education technology, announced that it will host its award program – Best in Education Awards – for the second year.
Unlike other education award and recognition programs, these awards will emphasize people and actions in education over product and service offerings – including an exclusive focus on M&A deals and finance leaders.
“Teaching and learning are human, they are about people,” said Derek Newton, editor and publisher of ETC. “We did not want to get into the game of parsing products and instead, have chosen to focus on the people, decisions, and deals that drive education today. We want to spotlight good work and great leaders as well as illuminate the gears and levers that help make, deliver and adapt good education practices and products. We hope our awards are different, that they carry a unique meaning and value.”
Nominations for the second annual Best Awards opened December 2 and will close January 31, 2025, and focus on education and edtech activities that took place in 2024. Information about entry procedures and costs are available now at edtechchronicle.com/awards.
The second annual awards categories are:
Investment and Deals
- Best BIG M&A Deal OVER $20M
- Best M&A Deal UNDER $20M
- Best Deal or Partnership
- Best Early Funding Deal
- Best Late or Midterm Funding Deal
- Best Education Investor
- Best Education Investment Firm or Supporting Service Firm
- Best Education Deal
- Best M&A Deal
- Best CTE/Workforce Ed Deal
- Best Education Accelerator, Incubator or Studio
Media and Podcasts
- Best Press Release or Press Announcement
- Best K12 Product Launch
- Best HE Product Launch
- Best Opinion or Commentary Article
- Best K12 Podcast Series
- Best HE Podcast Series
- Best K12 Podcast Episode
- Best HE Podcast Episode
- Best Publication or Digital News Site
- Best Blog or Newsletter by an Individual in K12 or HE
- Best Corporate Blog in Education
- Best Education Book, ebook, Flipbook or Similar
Leadership
- Best Founder for a Company Launched in 2024
- Best Education/EdTech CEO (Corporate)
- Best C-Level Officer in Education/EdTech
- Best Leader of an Academic Institution — *FREE Entry
- Best Leader of a K-12 School/District — *FREE Entry
- Education/EdTech Person of the Year
- Education/EdTech Company of the Year
- Best Education/EdTech Rising Star
- Best Education Service Firm or Company
Marketing/Events
- Best Webinar or In-Person Panel
- Best Social Media Campaign by Education Company or Institution
- Best Research, White Paper, or Supportive Material
- Best Advertisement/Direct Mail/Email and Other Marketing Collateral
- Best Campaign
- Best Use of Graphic Design (print, digital)
Misc.
- Best Product or Service Supporting Academic Integrity
There will also be an Editor’s Choice picked from all submissions. No additional entry or payment is necessary.
*FREE Entry — please reach out to admin@edtechchronicle.com
to receive a link for separate entry for these two categories.
“I am confident that these categories fill in many gaps in recognizing and rewarding the people and activities that make modern education happen,” Newton said. “We want these awards to recognize serious people and serious contributions, but be fun at the same time,” he said.
Newton has been an education writer for nearly a decade. He is a contributor at Forbes and his writing has been published in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, USA Today and many others. He has owned and published ETC since 2015.
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