State and local K-12 school leaders wanting to vet digital and print instructional resources can access a new online tool prepared by the State Educational Technology Directors Association.
School business officials are being warned to watch out for official-looking emails that ask for copies of employees’ W-2 forms.
The FCC has halted a policy that would allow some companies to provide subsidized broadband to low-income households, with the agency’s new chair saying he wants to ensure the program is free of waste, first.
ETS announced plans to acquire the K-12 testing organization Questar Assessment. In the Indian market, Cuemath raised $15 million from investors including CapitalG.
Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s nominee to head the Education Department, has backed a company claiming its neurofeedback technology can “fix” problems such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder–yet scientific evidence does not support that claim.
As technology plays a larger role in the jobs of the future, educators will need to reassess what is taught in schools, speakers at the LearnLaunch conference said.
In this week’s dealmaking news, The Noodle Companies raised $5 million, while Macmillan Learning has acquired ed-tech company Intellus.
From virtual and augmented reality to coding, companies exhibited their latest ed-tech offerings at a conference that drew nearly 10,000 educators and exhibitors to Orlando.
Speakers at the Bett ed-tech conference in London said the weakened British pound and prevailing economic uncertainty has created unexpected opportunities for digital startup companies.
International schools grapple with some of the same tensions that frustrate U.S. public schools trying to make use of ed-tech, a new survey finds.