State of EdTech 2020-2021

DAILY BRIEF: TOP 10 EDTECH-RELATED HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

• Kuwait's Dawraty raises $2M seed to scale bilingual medical EdTech - Dealroom September 6, 2026
• Kuwaiti EdTech Dawraty Raises USD 2M to Scale Medical Education - waya.media September 6, 2026
• Workforce Pell will cover 8- to 15-week trades programs starting in July 2026 - MarketScale September 5, 2026
• AI Has Exposed Higher Education’s Assessment Problem - Solutions Review September 4, 2026
• Back-to-school IT teams are buying EdTech in a market where half the funding sits with 10 firms - MarketScale September 4, 2026
• OpenAI rolls out GPT-6 Astra for complex research, coding and computer-use tasks - EdTech Innovation Hub September 4, 2026
• Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and restricted Mythos 5.1 for advanced research - EdTech Innovation Hub September 3, 2026
• FAA doubles BEYOND drone program as Minnesota State builds UAS workforce network - EdTech Innovation Hub September 3, 2026
• Exit Interview: CoSN CEO’s Advice for Ed-Tech After 32 Years - Education Week September 3, 2026
• NYC Bans Classroom AI Through 8th Grade, Putting Edtech On Notice - Forbes September 3, 2026