The Learning Accelerator is working with between 25-30 districts in an effort to create a “pricing database” for computing devices.
Sandbox Partners is buying the Family Education Network, a Pearson “edu-tainment” platform, for an undisclosed amount.
The spending surge is being driven by demand for mobile personal computers, which account for 63 percent of total educational spending on hardware.
ETS has won a series of lucrative pieces of Texas state testing work, worth $280 million, while rival Pearson won contracts with much less value.
California state board officials have approved a $240 million assessment contract for ETS, despite complaints from a rival vendor.
“Open educational resources,” an alternative to commercial products, get a boost in the U.S. Senate’s version of bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Results of a new, nationwide survey show that nearly 60 percent of high schoolers are using their own mobile devices in school.
Ten technology developers have won contracts to develop units for a group of states seeking “open educational resources.”
Bipartisan federal student data-privacy legislation likely to be introduced this week would give the Federal Trade Commission new authority to regulate educational technology vendors.
A new online service aims to give education companies a competitive leg up by providing them with detailed insight on major bond issues and capital improvement projects in K-12 districts.