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.
In a decision with potentially huge implications, a New Mexico judge has rejected the AIR’s protest of a PARCC contract awarded to Pearson.
Nevada, a state frustrated by online testing woes earlier this year, is tentatively set to hire a new vendor to oversee a suite of state assessments.
The U.K.-based company that put interactive whiteboards in U.S. schools is being purchased by NetDragon Websoft, a developer of online games and mobile Internet platforms.
Questar Assessment Inc., a Minnesota-based company, has won a $44 million contract to handle grade 3-8 testing in New York state.
In what it calls the first part of its “new national strategy,” the NewSchools Venture Fund is looking to support start-up charter and traditional public schools.
Vulcan Inc., a company co-owned by Paul Allen, Microsoft’s cofounder, recently underwrote research to pinpoint the top opportunities for social impact investing in K-12 education.