The education materials and technology provider buys a wholesaler and book distributor, and ClassDojo, Student.com, and ClassWallet raise investment dollars.
Recent surveys by the Education Week Research Center, and federal data, break down the duties of chief academic officers and chief technology officers, two key players in districts’ decisions about digital tools.
Billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates told entrepreneurs, educators, and investors that ed tech hasn’t proven itself on a large scale in schools yet.
A group of charter schools that received funding through the Next Generation Learning Challenges faces questions about the sustainability of their models after private funding dries up, according to a new analysis.
About 3,700 ed-tech entrepreneurs, educators, and venture capitalists meeting at the ASU+GSV Summit are grappling with how ed tech can be used more effectively.
Recent deals include investments in Yup (formerly known as MathCrunch), and in CareDox, a digital health platform for K-12 schools.
School leaders spoke about the promise of personalized learning, pivotal moments, and the importance of students developing skills to make presentations.
From mobile computing devices to interactive flat-panel displays, spending on ed-tech hardware increased 7 percent in 2015, Futuresource Consulting found.
The Jefferson Education Accelerator, which seeks to pair education technology companies with university researchers, will receive help from the philanthropy for projects focused on urban schools.
There were 418 mergers and acquisitions in the education industry in 2015, up from 329 in 2014, a rise triggered in part by consolidation in K-12, according to investment bank Berkery Noyes.