As schools’ interest in open education resources grows, Knovation—a company that has been curating free educational content from the web since 1999—is building more partnerships.
Products that weave social-emotional learning into core academic subjects, as well as those using newer technologies, are likely to be in demand, according to a recent analysis.
After an agreement between Amazon and the National Federation of the Blind on accessibility, New York City schools are moving forward to vote on the marketplace contract.
Fullstack Academy, backed by an investment fund, acquires The Starter League, and PRISA, a Spanish company, buys Carvajal Education, a provider of education products based in nine Latin American countries, for the equivalent of $19.5 million.
The American Federation of Teachers plans to hold a forum at the Council of Institutional Investors as part of its plan to pressure Pearson to review its strategy and boost profits.
Although the state didn’t meet a 95-percent participation requirement for testing, Nevada will not lose federal funds, the U.S. Education Department has decided.
A new organization led by a former chief information officer of the New York City schools is trying to help K-12 systems make smarter decisions about buying educational technology.
Volley Labs’ investors include Zuckerberg Education Ventures, and adaptive-literacy software developer LightSail takes in $11 million in Series B funding.
A Gates foundation survey finds that teachers regard too much of the data that comes to them via technology as slow, delivered in silos, and untrustworthy.
The demand for big, high-stakes summative tests isn’t likely to go away soon, even as classroom assessments become more useful and precise, a panel at SXSWedu suggested.