Ed-tech companies are moving more slowly from their seed fundraising rounds to the Series A stage, according to CB Insights.
XQ: The Super School Project, is a competition led by Laurene Powell Jobs, which is being managed by Russlynn Ali, the former assistant secretary for civil rights in the U.S. Department of Education.
Seventy-eight percent of elementary school students say they regularly use a tablet, up from 66 percent a year ago, according a survey released by Pearson and conducted by the Harris Poll.
A New York City-based company, littleBits, is offering modular electronics components for schools and libraries through a 1-to-1 model common in the world of ed-tech.
Parents are skeptical about ed-tech companies being given access to student data, according to a nationwide poll sponsored by the Future of Privacy Forum.
An online video chat company is issuing a challenge to the education community: $100,000 for the first non-commercial group that logs 1 million hours of professional development online.
A center to improve high school students’ geography skills will be one outcome of the new venture, which gives Rupert Murdoch’s family a majority stake.
Andrew Marcinek will serve in the U.S. Department of Education’s office of ed tech, working with school and state leaders, educators, and developers.
Eighty-eight percent of districts offered students some form of credit recovery, much of it delivered online.
The AIR will be a primary option for companies vetting their products through the Jefferson Education Accelerator.