GoGuardian has acquired Edulastic, and the Austrian tutoring startup GoStudent announced it received a $244 million investment with an eye on global expansion.
A district in Texas is buying a teacher candidate assessment tool, while a district in Pennsylvania issued an RFP for web-based curriculum courseware.
How One Company Adapted Its PD for COVID and Beyond: A Case Study
Achieve3000's Experience Offers a Window Into How Education Businesses Have Overhauled Their Support to Meet New, Virtual Needs
Achieve3000’s efforts during the pandemic offer a window into how education businesses have overhauled support for teachers to suit virtual environments.
K-12 PD provider MindSpark Learning has acquired a STEM learning platform. In a separate deal, Course Hero has acquired a popular suite of literary resources.
Marc Sternberg, the K-12 education program director for the Walton Family Foundation, is leaving the organization to start a fund meant to support digital-first education companies.
Richard Robinson, who had helmed the giant company in children’s publishing for nearly five decades, passed away at the age of 84.
State Budgets Are Looking Brighter, Which Is Good News for K-12 Spending
A Steadily Reopening Economy and Federal Legislation Have Helped Put School Finances on Stabler Footing
Two of the country’s top experts on state education funding, Dan Thatcher and Mike Griffith, see reasons to be cautiously optimistic about the money flowing to school districts.
Revenues for prekindergarten through grade K-12 instructional materials reached $61.4 million in March, up 82 percent over a year ago.
The GSV EdTech 150, compiled by a prominent investment firm, is meant to capture the world’s “most transformational growth companies in digital learning.”
Many impoverished families are unaware of opportunities for summer learning, and it’s up to program providers to get the word out, according to a new report.
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