Congressional Republicans’ effort to raise the 30-hour-per-week threshold for employers receiving health care draws the opposition of two leading teachers’ unions.
Steve Pines will retire as executive director of the Education Industry Association, a leading organization representing vendors.
The Center on Reinventing Public Education says districts need to clear away bureaucratic barriers and “imagined restrictions” in procurement.
Venture capitalists poured $642 million into K-12 companies in 2014, a 32 percent jump over the previous year, according to the NewSchools Venture Fund.
The growth of the testing market and major district purchases of digital devices were among the biggest trends affecting the K-12 marketplace in 2014.
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration has questioned the awarding of small contracts by the state education agency; some see it as a fight related to common-core standards battles.
The ability to turn large amounts of raw data into useful information is increasingly important, but K-12 schools aren’t teaching the required skills and knowledge adequately, a group of experts in the field say.
Judge Anthony J. Trenga ruled against plaintiffs who had claimed K12 Inc. leaders misled investors about the performance of the company.
Rex Tillerson, the CEO of the massive oil-and-gas producer Exxon-Mobil, blasted public officials from his corporation’s home state for opposing the common core.
Company officials and K-12 leaders have very different views of who wields the most influence over school district buying decisions, a study shows.