A group of teachers in California’s virtual schools says a major, commercial online provider is not meeting standards for quality.
PowerSchool, a student information system that Pearson says is the most widely used student information system in the United States, will leave the company’s fold.
Ed-tech companies in China have drawn a surge of investment over the past two years, according the market research company CB Insights.
A federal court ruling will allow FCC rules protecting “net neutrality” to go forward, despite the telecom industry’s objections.
This year’s Education Week special report, Tech Counts, explores why the flood of ed tech into K-12 has appeared to have had a limited impact on teaching practices.
The “MOOC” provider edX is allowing authors of its content to license their materials as “open educational resources.”
Across the country, teams from 500 school districts are meeting to create plans about how they will use technology to transform teaching and learning.
Businesses working with schools can help themselves by closely monitoring applications to the E-rate program, and their use of federal discounts made available, a newly published guide says.
The “conundrum” for the publishing industry is how to create materials aligned with the common core at a time when the standards are subject to fierce political pushback.
Three ed-tech companies raised $3.5 million while a new Pearson Education partnership aims to connect the classroom to the real world through public radio.