Montana’s state superintendent says statewide assessments will be made optional, following problems on a test administered by the vendor Measured Progress.
Congress has appropriated $950,000 for the development of “engaging” Web and mobile apps about how it works, and civic participation, for K-12 students.
A new Education Week special report profiles school districts’ efforts to bring blended learning home by increasing needy students’ access to out-of-school Wi-Fi.
Pearson is asking California officials to re-bid a testing contract, potentially worth a quarter of billion dollars, calling the decision to award the deal to ETS illegal, arbitrary and capricious.
Superintendent Mark Edwards asked investors for $2 million to open an ed-tech innovation center in Mooresvile, N.C. where companies could test their products.
Major topics of discussion in Scottsdale, Ariz. include eliminating textbooks, dramatically changing school models, and asking students what they need in ed-tech.
South Carolina officials violated various pieces of state procurement law in awarding a $58 million contracts to the ACT Inc., a top procurement panel has ruled.
Startups in K-12 and higher education can apply to this new accelerator that Intel Education and Intel Capital have started in Silicon Valley.
The sixth ASU+GSV Summit, attracting 2,500 education businesses, venture capitalists, and educators, opened Monday in a luxurious setting with the theme of tackling educational inequities.
Four ed-tech companies brought in a combined $7.8 million of funding, for everything from a platform to track student academic data to an adaptive learning platform.