EdTech Chronicle Awards – The Best Awards 2025 Winners
Recognizing the best deals, leaders, companies, and services in the EdTech Industry
Investment and Deals
Best M&A Deal
Coursera acquires Udemy
Best Deal or Partnership
InStride and Advocate Health partner to reimagine education in healthcare
Best Funding Deal (Early, Midstage, Late)
Pathify Secures $25 Million in Growth Equity Funding (and)
Honor Education Raises $38 Million Series A
Best Education Investor
Global Expansion Strategies / Michael Spencer
Best Education Investment Firm or Supporting Service Firm
Brighteye Ventures
Best Education Deal: Higher Education
Kollegio Announces $2.8MM Seed Round
Best Education Deal: CTE/Workforce Development
Hyperbound Raises $15 Million Series A
Media and Podcasts
Best Press Release or Press Announcement
Outschool’s partnership with Audrey Nuna
Best K12 Product Launch
Scholar Education
Best Higher Education Product Launch
Copyleaks AI Logic
Best Thought Leadership Piece
Penn Foster: Can a Book Stop a Bullet?
Best K12 Podcast Series
What Counts: A limited-series podcast on relationships and math learning (Impact Florida + De LeCourt)
Best HE Podcast Series
Get Down to College Business with Sarah Holtan, PHD (and)
FreshEd Podcast
Best K12 Podcast Episode
All Things Marketing and Education with Elana Leoni – What Districts Actually Want from EdTech Partners (and)
Monica Burns’ – Easy EdTech Podcast – Things to Watch in AI in Education in 2025 with Dan Fitzpatrick
Best Higher Education Podcast Episode
Higher Ed Geek Episode #276: The Next 50 Years of Higher Ed – What Leaders Need to Know
Best Blog or Newsletter by an Individual in K12 or HE
Al Kingsley’s – Al Edu Recommends LinkedIn Newsletter
Best Blog from an EdTech Service Company
Pando Public Relations – PR in EdTech LinkedIn Newsletter
Best Corporate Blog in Education
Reading Eggs, Where Children Learn to Read! – by 3P Learning
Best Education Book, ebook, Flipbook or Similar
95 Percent Group’s The Science of Reading 3.0: Widening the lens on literacy
Leadership
Best Education/EdTech CEO (Corporate)
Stephen Laster, CEO of Panopto (and)
Kim Mazzuca, CEO of 10,000 Degrees
Best C-Level Officer in Education/EdTech
Sam Burgio, President and COO of Jenzabar (and)
Diana Cano, CIO of Cambium Learning Group
Best Leader of an Academic Institution
Trey Devey, President of Interlochen Center of the Arts
Best Leader of a K-12 School/District
Sam Verghese, Chief Operating Officer and acting Deputy Superintendent of Florida Virtual Schools
Education/EdTech Person of the Year
Sam Burgio, President and COO of Jenzabar
Education/EdTech Company of the Year
Proximity Learning Inc. (and)
AddEvent (and)
Ellucian
Best Education/EdTech Rising Star
Cambium Learning Group VP of DEIB, Dr. Zachary Shirley, Ed.D., CDP, CDE
Best Education Service Firm, In-House Team, or Company (PR, Marketing, Research, and related)
Nickel Communications (and)
Young & Associates
Marketing/Events
Best Social Media Campaign by Education Company or Institution
WGU Labs’ JFF Horizons Summit Session: The Missing Rung: Rebuilding Career Pathways in the Age of AI
Best Research, White Paper, or Supportive Material
The Economic and Social Benefits of Re-Engaging High School Dropouts – A White Paper by Acceleration Academies (and)
Penn Foster: How AI Is Redefining the Path After High School
Best Advertisement/Direct Mail/Email and Other Marketing Collateral
FlexPoint Marketing Guide
Best Campaign
From Gen Z to Gen Alpha: A New Era of Digital Expectations — AppsAnywhere Research-Driven Higher Ed Campaign (and)
Teachers’ Curriculum Institute (TCI)
Best Use of Graphic Design (print, digital)
HipMaps: Enhancing the Student, Parent & Alumni Experience Via Custom-Designed Maps with an Interactive App
Miscellaneous
Best Product or Service Supporting Academic Integrity
Cognisense (and)
