In recent dealmaking news, the robotics company Sphero has acquired littleBits, while online education company Coursera acquired startup Rhyme Softworks.
A new interactive tool shows what each of 50 states is measuring about students’ outcomes for college- and career readiness, and whether the numbers add up to real preparation for post-secondary education, entering the workforce, or military.
The Loudon County, Virginia district is preparing for a K-12 English/language arts adoption, while the La Joya district in Texas wants software for supplemental mathematics instruction. In Pennsylvania, the City of York district needs a literacy intervention program.
State Budgets for K-12 Increasing, But Don’t Expect a Windfall
Opportunities Highlighted in States Including California, Florida, and Texas as New Dollars Flow
While the overall budget picture for education for the next fiscal year looks positive, a breakdown of individual states’ spending plans offers reasons for caution.
A nonprofit is studying what factors are most often associated with successful implementation of education products.
A U.S.-based provider of social-emotional learning products is partnering with a Chinese company, and Discovery Education has acquired a virtual/augmented reality company.
How can education companies keep up with the surge of interest in AI? Three guest speakers on our Aug. 21 webinar will provide essential intel on this subject.
The public company has told investors that its efforts to expand online education, create curriculum, and launch career academies are paying off, but it is embroiled in a battle in Georgia.
SmartcareOS has acquired Preschool2me, in a deal that will bring together two companies that focus on creating information- and classroom-management systems for early childhood education.
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Learning scientist Bror Saxberg says the best research from his discipline is often missing from educational products and the professional development that goes with them.