There is no product or newcomer or disruptive innovator that has exerted greater dominance in American education this year than San Jose, California-based Zoom. When the pandemic abruptly drove education online in March, everything from kindergarten classes to graduate seminars in Norse literature shifted rapidly to Zoom. Worldwide, 125,000 K-12 schools in 25 countries are now teaching on Zoom. Disruptive Innovator: ZoomPlenty of investors predict that a sizable share of classes at the nation’s universities will remain on Zoom when face-to-face education resumes. Eric Yuan Kena Betancur/Getty ImagesThe Forbes Education Awards were bestowed in consultation with Matt Greenfield, managing partner at Rethink Education, a mission-driven venture capital firm that invests in education technology companies.

Source: Forbes December 30, 2020 11:26 UTC