ETS’ acquisition comes as it works with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to shift the K-12 and higher education systems from time-based to skill-based learning.
Backers say the award is the National Science Foundation’s largest investment in research and development infrastructure for education at a national scale.
In a statement, a PowerSchool spokesperson said the company “does not comment on rumors and speculation.”
Vivek Sinha, former chief operating officer of Unacademy, announced his new venture, Beyond Odd Technologies, had raised $11 million in seed funding.
Jason Palmer’s new public benefit corporation and PAC is focused on increasing the youth voting and activism political spectrum.
The Neal Awards, established in 1955, recognize outstanding business journalism.
The agency voted to restore regulations that some advocates have seen as necessary to safeguard schools’ access to high-quality online educational content.
Companies from the U.S. and India continue to draw investment, but amounts have fallen sharply from a few years ago.
The CEO of AllHere, an organization working with the nation’s second-largest school system on a massive AI project, talks about what went into the partnership.
Many school systems in the nation’s most populous state have purchased academic resources in advance of the state adopting new academic standards, a review has found.