At SXSW EDU, investors and philanthropic funders said more research needs to be done to develop effective data-literacy products in elementary students.

At SXSW EDU, investors and philanthropic funders said more research needs to be done to develop effective data-literacy products in elementary students.
At the SXSW EDU show, a panel of investors said that entrepreneurs who can avoid a common set of missteps will stand out from the crowd.
The acquisition is IXL Learning’s eighth in the past six years, and its portfolio now includes Rosetta Stone, Curiosity Media, and Vocabulary.com.
A school system in Alaska is looking for special education compliance consulting, while a Texas district seeks reading and math intervention software.
The new fund will be aimed, in part, at backing education companies that provide personalized learning and data-driven academic support.
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A school system in Minnesota is looking for math curriculum resources, while a New York district seeks a universal pre-kindergarten program provider.
A school system in Tennessee is looking for substitute staffing services, while a Washington State district seeks an enterprise resource planning software program.
The digital curriculum provider Imagine Learning is acquiring a special needs-focused organization in a new effort to help struggling learners.
EdWeek Market Brief Staff Writer Michelle Caffrey dives into some of the reasons education companies are looking to recruit talent from outside the education industry.