The Jefferson Education Accelerator, designed to test and support ed-tech ventures, announces it will support its first company: Echo360, a teaching and learning platform.
Despite the fact that more international students than ever are attending U.S. schools, competitive pressures are eroding the American share of the global market.
The London-based global education company is selling off media properties with the plan to be 100 percent education-focused.
Families’ spending on school supplies has dropped a bit from last year, according to the National Retail Federation.
Investment in ed-tech startups hit $2.3 billion in the year ending June 30, but K-12 schools aren’t the largest slice of the pie, according to CB Insights.
Questar Assessment Inc., a Minnesota-based company, is lesser known than some test vendors but has secured major contracts recently in the states.
Four education companies brought in more than $20 million of venture capital.
Los Angeles-area officials are trying to stoke their region’s attractiveness as a hub for ed-tech companies, and other cities are trying to do the same.
Microsoft’s support for Windows Server 2003 ends this week, putting districts that have not upgraded to a newer system at risk of viruses and other derailments.
A national meeting sponsored by Digital Promise will focus on how people in specific cities or regions are pooling their talents and resources to improve schools.