Silicon Valley tech company HP and Knewton, the developer of digital learner profiles, are partnering on an effort to bring “adaptive” print products into K-12 schools.
The challenges of time and money to buy and use technology innovations in the classroom are themes that recur through the decades.
Two ed-tech veterans have joined forces to launch an accelerator in the Big Apple to provide $170,000 in funding to each of 10 selected companies.
A state review blames Idaho’s failure to implement Schoolnet on mismanagement and problems with the $61 million learning management system.
Educators in the United States and abroad judged 395 ed-tech products, narrowing the field to 157 finalists. In May, 28 winners will be announced.
Classkick, an ed-tech startup that allows teachers to provide personalized, realĀ-time feedback to students working on iPads, raised $1.7 million in seed funding.
New market research documents the shift from print to digital instructional materials in K-12 over the past few years, a trend expected to continue.
Seven countries provided 500,000 or more mobile devices to their students in K-12 last year, according to Futuresource Consulting.
Fewer than 30 percent of K-12 school technology officials believe their districts are ready for online testing, according to the Consortium for School Networking.
Deborah S. Delisle, a top official at the U.S. Department of Education, said amid a growing anti-testing backlash, state and local officials need to evaluate how their assessments are used.