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Sean Cavanagh
Managing Editor
Sean Cavanagh is the Managing Editor of EdWeek Market Brief. He is also an associate editor for Education Week, where he has covered a variety of beats since 2002, including business and technology, math and science education, charter schools and school choice, and federal policy. Before joining Education Week, he was a reporter for daily newspapers in Tennessee and Florida.
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Analyst's View
April 28, 2022April 29, 2022

Bringing Research Into Ed Tech, Through the Muscle of Venture Capital

A European Foundation Is Trying to Incentivize the Use of Evidence by Working With VCs

By Sean Cavanagh
Jacobs Foundation Seeks to Bring Research to Ed Tech by Investing in VCs, EdWeek Market Brief

The Jacobs Foundation is putting $44 million into a project to encourage venture capital firms to demand more evidence from the companies in their portfolios.

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Marketplace K-12
April 22, 2022March 17, 2023

Why the Florida Curriculum Adoption Battle Matters to Education Companies

By Sean Cavanagh
One of the four examples of a resource that Florida officials banned from a recent math adoption. EdWeek Market Brief

School districts in Florida and elsewhere have traditionally relied on their states’ adoption processes — rightly or wrongly — as means of judging the quality of curricular materials.

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Marketplace K-12
April 18, 2022June 30, 2022

Florida Officials Reject Long List of Math Resources, Citing References to Critical Race Theory and SEL

By Sean Cavanagh
Florida rejects long list of math materials for adoption, citing inclusion of CRT and SEL. EdWeek Market Brief

State education commissioner Richard Corcoran’s decision represents an escalation of Republican state officials’ efforts to bring cultural fights into discussions of classroom materials.

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Exclusive Data
April 14, 2022April 15, 2022

How District Staffing Woes Are Changing Expectations for Vendors

An EdWeek Market Brief Survey Asked Administrators About How Workforce Tumult Is Changing Interactions With Companies

By Sean Cavanagh and Jolie Radunich
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An EdWeek Market Brief survey asked district administrators about how K-12 staffing upheaval is affecting their interactions with companies.

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Marketplace K-12
April 5, 2022June 30, 2022

Education Companies Roll Out New Top Executives at ASU+GSV

By Sean Cavanagh and Emma Kate Fittes
asu+gsv conference rolls out again, edweek market brief

Big education organizations, including Cambium Learning, AVID, and ETS named new top executives at the ASU+GSV summit, or in the run-up to it.

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Marketplace K-12
March 31, 2022April 15, 2022

Got Evidence for Your Ed. Product? New Certification Invites Vendors to Prove It

By Sean Cavanagh
New certification program invites vendors to prove research, EdWeek Market Brief

A new certification program by the company LearnPlatform challenges vendors to develop an evidence base and protect student data privacy.

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Marketplace K-12
March 25, 2022June 30, 2022

Another Major Gift From MacKenzie Scott — This Time $20 Million to Digital Promise

By Sean Cavanagh
FILE - In this March 4, 2018, file photo, then-MacKenzie Bezos arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. MacKenzie Scott is one of the 50 Americans who gave the most to charity in 2020, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s annual rankings. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

The philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s donation — the largest unrestricted gift in Digital Promise’s history — is the latest in a series of grants she’s made to education organizations.

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Special Report
Feb. 25, 2022June 30, 2022

Special Report: School District Purchasing Outlook for 2022-23

K-12 Buying Plans, Market Conditions, and Shifting Demands for Products, Sales and Marketing 

By Sean Cavanagh
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A new EdWeek Market Brief special report looks at key district purchasing priorities, and which sales and marketing techniques are working or falling flat.

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Exclusive Data
Feb. 24, 2022Feb. 25, 2022

When Districts Fail to Take Vendors Seriously, These Are the Biggest Reasons

An EdWeek Market Brief Survey Reveals K-12 Officials Biggest Peeves With Company Pitches

By Sean Cavanagh
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A pair of EdWeek Market Brief surveys reveal that the district RFP process has returned to normal, but that K-12 officials are turned off by various vendor behaviors.

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Marketplace K-12
Jan. 25, 2022Feb. 10, 2022

What Companies Need to Know About Working in International Private Schools

By Sean Cavanagh
EdWeek Market Brief's Jan. 26 webinar focuses on what education companies need to know about the international private school market.

Join EdWeek Market Brief’s webinar on Wednesday, Jan. 26 on what education companies need to know about working with international private schools, which serve about 6 million students worldwide.

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