Education Week has acquired Learning Matters, an award-winning TV production company founded two decades ago by longtime PBS correspondent John Merrow.
McGraw-Hill Education’s recent departure from the world of state testing underscores both the rewards and risks for vendors operating in that high-stakes space.
The charter school network BASIS will open a private school in Shenzhen, China, in what the organization hopes will lead to further international expansion.
Minnesota will receive $1 million in fees from Pearson and up to $4.7 million in additional services and support, as part of a settlement.
NewSchools Ignite, a project launched by the NewSchools Venture Fund, would make awards to companies and nonprofits for amounts between $50,000 and $150,000.
The Jefferson Education Accelerator, designed to test and support ed-tech ventures, announces it will support its first company: Echo360, a teaching and learning platform.
Families’ spending on school supplies has dropped a bit from last year, according to the National Retail Federation.
Questar Assessment Inc., a Minnesota-based company, is lesser known than some test vendors but has secured major contracts recently in the states.
Los Angeles-area officials are trying to stoke their region’s attractiveness as a hub for ed-tech companies, and other cities are trying to do the same.
Microsoft’s support for Windows Server 2003 ends this week, putting districts that have not upgraded to a newer system at risk of viruses and other derailments.