EdTech Chronicle Names Winners in Second Annual Awards – More than 35 Winners in Multiple Categories
EdTech Chronicle, the online publication covering education and education technology, today announced the winners of 2024 “Best in Education” awards.
The Best in Education awards are an effort to not only recognize outstanding effort and accomplishments in education and edtech, but to go beyond the companies and products, to elevate the people and the tactics that make this crucial market thrive.
Winners of the EdTech Chronicle’s 2024 Best in Education Awards are:
Investments & Deals:
- Best M&A Deal UNDER $20 million – Panopto’s Acquisition of Elai
- Best Deal or Partnership – Desert Financial and InStride
- Best Education Investment Firm or Supporting Service Firm – Global Expansion Strategies
- Best M&A Deal – Summer Discovery’s acquisition of Oxford Summer Courses
- Best CTE/Workforce Ed Deal – Calbright College, California Workforce Accelerator (CWA)
- Best Education Accelerator, Incubator or Studio – NewSchools Venture Fund
Media & Podcasts:
- Best Press Release or Press Announcement – Ativion Debuts at ISTELive 2024 in Denver
- Best K12 Product Launch – Rebrand Impero as Ativion
- Best Higher Ed Product Launch – Kollegio
- Best Opinion or Commentary Article – 3 myths about young children and peer-to-peer support, by Jodi Miller
- Best K12 Podcast Series – All For Literacy Podcast, Host Dr. Liz Brooke
- Best Higher Ed Podcast Series – Get Down to College Business, Host Sarah Holtan
- Best K12 Podcast Episode – ThriveinEDU Live (Hosted by Rachelle Dene Poth) w/ Josh Feinsilber, Creator & Founder of Gimkit!
- Best Higher Ed Podcast Episode/Show – EdUp Experience Podcast with Melva Wallace, President and CEO of Huston-Tillotson University
- Best Publication or Digital News Site – Joseph Thibault’s This Isn’t Fine
- Best Blog or Newsletter by an Individual in K12 or HE – PR in EdTech Tips from Pando Public Relations
- Best Corporate Blog in Education – Higher Ed News by Validated Insights
- Best Education Book, ebook, Flipbook or Similar – Finding the Words by Dr Hayley Watson
Leadership:
- Best Education/EdTech CEO (Corporate) – Sara Leoni, CEO of Ziplines Education (and) Chase Williams, CEO of Pathify
- Best C-Level Officer in Education/EdTech – Kemi Akinsanya-Rose, COO, Cambium Learning Group
- Best Leader of a K-12 School/District – Priscilla Alonzo, Director, East Campus – Clark County Acceleration Academies
- Best Leader of an Academic Institution – Ajita Talwalker Menon, President and CEO, Calbright College
- Education/EdTech Person of the Year – Ashley Andersen Zantop, Cambium Learning Group CEO (and) Joe Sallustio, Vice President, Industry Engagement, Ellucian
- Education/EdTech Company of the Year – Discovery Education (and) Tutor.com
(Honorable Mention) Liner - Best Education/EdTech Rising Star – Jack Januszewski, Vice President of Social Impact/Education Technology Co-Lead, Spring Mountain Capital
- Best Education Service Firm, In-House Team, or Company (PR, Marketing, Research, and related) – Nickel Communications
(Honorable Mention) Pando Public Relations
Marketing & Events:
- Best Social Media Campaign by Education Company or Institution – Duolingo’s “Duo on Ice” prank for April Fools’ Day
- Best Research, White Paper, or Supportive Material – ParentSquare: Best Practice Guide- Showing up for Success: Family Engagement Strategies for Chronic Absenteeism
- Best Campaign – Tech Champions, General Assembly
- Best Use of Graphic Design (print, digital) – Dewey, PALS Town
Miscellaneous:
- Best Product or Service Supporting Academic Integrity – Turnitin AI Writing Detection Tool and Product Portfolio
(Honorable Mention) Pangram - Editor’s Choice – OPM Research from Validated Insights – Best Research or Whitepaper (and) UL Research Institutes’ Xplorlabs – Innovative Learning Tool
Award winners are listed at EdTech Chronicle and have been notified.
