Competition is increasing among communities pitching themselves to ed-tech entrepreneurs. On Thursday, Rhode Island’s governor made the case for her state as a hub for K-12 digital innovation.
A lack of high-quality personalized curricula is stalling efforts to work with diverse student populations, a report finds.
Cleveland is creating a web-based directory of academic resources available to principals, based on both external research and internal evaluation of the programs.
L Squared Capital purchased online professional development platform Learners Edge; PikMyKid, an app aimed at streamlining the end-of-day student dismissal process, raised $980,000 in funding.
Open Up Resources, a nonprofit led by a former Pearson executive, has fashioned a business model it hopes will help it go after district RFPs.
While international sales are down, the U.S. market continues to grow slowly, and experts say sales of “2-in-1” devices are rising.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Hispanic-owned construction company claims the district intentionally passed the firm over when bidding for projects.
Great Minds, an organization that has created open education resources for EngageNY, is arguing in court that FedEx is profiting from copying those materials for schools and needs to offer compensation for doing so.
Indian educational app provider BYJU’S raised funds from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative; and private equity firm Bridge Growth has acquire Finalsite from Spectrum Equity.
Some of the biggest companies in the testing industry responded to a request for information from PARCC seeking input about the future of the assessment consortium.