The ACT is hiring away a top researcher from its rival, the College Board, which sponsors the SAT, in just the latest move by staff to and from the assessment organizations.
NovoEd, a provider of massive, open, online courses, has unveiled a series of online offerings focused on entrepreneurship, which could be of use to those focused on the K-12 market.
Teachers are shrewd consumers who are more likely than the average buyer to research products online before making a purchase, a survey finds.
Rosetta Stone’s acquisition of Lexia Learning Systems, Inc., for $22.5 million marks another move for the provider of language products into the educational-technology market.
There were 135 mergers and acquisitions of education-focused companies in the first half of this year, a slight increase over late 2012, according to Berkery Noyes.
A new survey finds that iPads are the most widely used form of mobile technology in schools today and that digital-textbook apps are in demand.
As many as half of the nation’s children who regularly attend early-childhood programs do so in for-profit environments, an author estimates.
Blackboard plans to give K-12 schools access to a platform to create “MOOCs,” while Amplify will launch its first MOOC, focused on AP Computer Science.
A federal judge has ruled that Apple conspired to fix e-book prices. The company vows to appeal the decision.
A new program by McGraw-Hill uses software that attempts to personalize study plans for adult learners preparing for the GED and other high school equivalency tests.