EdTech Chronicle Awards – Best Awards
Recognizing the best deals, leaders, companies, and services in the EdTech Industry
About the Best in Education Awards
EdTech Chronicle’s Best in Education Awards recognize the industry, the partners, and people in education.
The awards recognize that in order to develop great products that improve access and learning across the globe often requires great people and partnerships and exemplary execution of deals, promotions, and development. Winners and finalists will be selected in 40 categories including Editor’s Choice.
Did you close a great deal in 2024? Did your company introduce two companies with terrific synergy? Perhaps your agency or marketing team produced promotional materials worth recognizing? Is your podcast or news site the best in the business?
If so, nominate your BEST for our second annual awards program.
Upcoming Key Dates for the 2024 Awards
Awards Launch
December 2, 2024
Nominations Close
January 31, 2025
Winners Announced
First Week of April 2025
More Details
- Winners will win the rights to use a Best in Education digital badge to promote your company and products on various media including socials, press releases and your website.
- Another purpose of the Best in Education Awards is to surface interesting people, companies, and deals that deserve media attention. Therefore, selected winners will be recognized individually or by group in EdTech Chronicle editorial coverage.
Companies, organizations, institutions, and individuals doing business in K-12 education or higher education are eligible to enter:
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 [email protected] to receive a link for separate entry for these two categories.
- Entry period is between December 2, 2024 and January 31, 2025. Cost is $150 per entry.
- All entrants will be notified in late March 2025 of entry status and winners will be announced the first week of April 2025.
- All deals, partnerships, publications, and other activities must have occurred between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.
- Editor’s Choice winners will be selected at the judge’s discretion and will recognize the best outcome, project, deal, execution, or person in 2024 (and may result in multiple winners).
- Deal can include financial transactions, partnerships or acquisitions.
- Service Firm includes PR, marketing, and similar services providing support to edtech companies and services.
- Product Launch is the launch activities, not the product itself.
- Education and EdTech are interchangeable and judges have wide latitude in this regard.
- Rising Stars are any individual group or organization showing an exceptional track record of success in 2024. This is not dependent on age or company maturity.
- One winner will be selected in each category. If necessary, judges will have the discretion to select more than one winner per category if scores are identical and no tie-breaker can be determined.
- Entries are judged on fit within the category, positive impact on the industry and education, leadership, ethics and integrity, and – where relevant in MarCom categories – creativity.
- Payment is made through Stripe. Payment is available in the last tab.
- You may edit your submission(s) after submitting right up to the close of the awards.
- A sample of the entry form including the questions asked is available to view here.
- Share and tag: #etcBESTinED @EdTechChronicle
Email us at [email protected]