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.
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A campaign called “With Math I Can,” challenges teachers and students to embrace the belief that math ability can be developed, a concept that is increasingly being pitched by ed-tech providers and advocacy groups.
Apple has snapped up Learnspout, Pearson and Knewton partner to work on math using adaptive-learning, and Excelligence Learning acquires the classroom-products marketer Really Good Stuff.
Many states have made their tests more challenging, a toughening of expectations that coincides with the passage of the common-core standards, and tests aligned to them.