Commercial vendors and nonprofits can apply for money to develop digital ed-tech products to build students’ conceptual math ability.
An attorney who has served as president of New Visions for Public Schools will lead the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s K-12 strategy, starting on June 1.
K-12 Dealmaking: Knewton Raises $52M; Imagine K12 Merges with Y Combinator
Edmentum forges a new partnership with WebbAlign
Knewton, SchoolMint and NuuEd announced completion of funding rounds; ed-tech accelerator Imagine K-12 merged with the Y Combinator fund.
Schools will be able to upload, manage, share, and discover open education resources on the plaftform when it is released in the next quarter.
School superintendents at a nationwide summit discussed the implications that the new ESSA law, and increasing demands for “personalized learning,” will have in their districts.
A think tank has created a searchable online hub with information on school districts’ use of blended learning and the vendors they choose for that ed-tech work.
Global funding for educational technology surged in 2015, and a big chunk of that activity was concentrated in China, which accounted for 37 percent of deals.
PanOpen, one of a number of providers of commercial and nonprofit platforms meant to enhance and curate “open educational resources,” is now eyeing the K-12 market.
Sesame Workshop will invest in start-ups that support children’s education, PowerSchool acquired Interactive Achievement, and McGraw-Hill Education India partnered with IGNITOR to offer digital textbooks.
Stuart Udell, a former top official at Catapult Learning, has been named CEO of K12 Inc., a prominent and often controversial provider of online education and other services.