Jose, Ferreira, who launched the global adaptive technology company in 2008, will remain on the board of directors.
The PARCC assessment consortium has outlined plans in an RFP for a major restructuring designed to make it easier for states to use its test content–and also to ensure its own long-term survival.
Finalsite acquired School Website. Also, several education companies received funding from the investment community, including Osmo and MasteryConnect.
Consumer and K-12 advocates see reason to worry that the president-elect’s advisers want to roll back policies that protect a free and open internet.
Two education companies based in India, Next Education and Math Buddy, were players in dealmaking this week, with the former company making and acquisition and the latter raising money.
Local K-12 foundations have more than $500 million in assets and have invested about $160 million in grants and programs, a new report finds.
Growing demand for ed-tech in the U.S. and abroad challenges companies to distinguish their products in a fragmented marketplace, attendees at the Education Business Forum learned.
Curriculet had previously arranged to work commercially with the major media outlet USA Today on a digital reading project. That work might get re-started, according to Waterford.
Privacy organizations have filed a Federal Trade Commission complaint alleging that a set of internet-connected toys lack the necessary safeguards to protect children’s personal information.
Chiefs for Change, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University and a private ed-tech company, TEMBO, created the tool.