A new EdWeek Market Brief special report finds that many educators feel curriculum materials are falling short when it comes to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Textbook and tutoring company Chegg is acquiring a leading language learning platform to expand its offerings into different languages. The company announced it will acquire Busuu, a UK company, for approximately $436 million in an all-cash transaction. Founded in 2008, Busuu offers courses in a dozen languages and serves more than 500,000 paying subscribers, according to the…
A district in California has issued an RFP for professional development training, while a system in Virginia looks to adopt social-emotional instructional support.
A school system in Tennessee is looking for digital social emotional curriculum, while a Rhode Island district is seeking instructional technology resources.
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Eric Bacolas, the chief people officer at Newsela, talks about how the company’s hiring needs have changed as it has grown.
A national poll finds that the public overwhelmingly wants parents involved
A school system in Utah is looking for a student information system, while the state of Massachusetts seeks a vendor to create an ed tech systems guide.
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A number of forward-thinking teacher college programs are working to help future educators become more sophisticated consumers of ed tech — a move that could have big implications for companies.
Imagine Learning, formerly known as Weld North Education, has acquired the Irish company Robotify, a digital curriculum startup focused on teaching coding through virtual robotics simulations
A school system in Texas has issued an RFP for districtwide network refresh projects, while a district in South Carolina looks for radio communication services.
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