A Nashville-based nonprofit, 2nd Vote, has created a self-described “conservative shopper app” for parents that rates education companies according to their political leanings.
Sales of Chromebooks worldwide have risen by 79 percent from 2013, though they will remain a “niche market” for next few years, according to a new market analysis.
Companies are selling academic materials designed to appeal to parents and others demanding an alternative to the common-core standards.
The Dougherty County, Ga. school system is planning on launching a 1-to-1 computing effort, one of several mid-sized districts to roll out ambitious tech projects.
The American Institutes for Research is seeking to break up a potentially big Common Core testing contract that it says was improperly bundled and skewed to favor Pearson.
Two recent court decisions offering contradictory rulings on core pieces of “Obamacare” could affect K-12 districts required to comply with the law’s employer mandate.
Education-related mergers and acquisitions increased during the first half of 2014, with purchases of Renaissance Learning and SkillSoft representing the biggest deals.
Apple, believed to be the dominant provider of tablets in the K-12, also says it is selling millions of iPads into the worldwide market.
West Virginia will become the 12th state to implement a statewide “IT Academy” certification program through Microsoft.
The American Institutes for Research has reached out to PARCC to try to resolve a dispute over a lucrative, and controversial, common-core testing contract awarded to Pearson.