A broad coalition opposes the FCC’s new definition of “rural” in its E-rate modernization plan. That change results in a potential funding loss for many of the 1,500 schools and libraries in reclassified areas.
An annual report released today shares districts’ non-academic benchmarks to help leaders prioritize spending and other resources.
HMH Labs will attempt to bring about educational innovation through the “experimentation. and rapid prototyping of new technology solutions.”
Teachers are using Google’s Classroom to manage workflow with their students, but some technology directors think the tool distracts from their districts’ learning management systems.
Goldman Sachs and other investors are financing a $17 million social impact bond for the Chicago Public Schools’ expansion of a pre-K program.
Oklahoma officials scrambled to find a testing vendor for exams required for high school graduation, after another company, McGraw-Hill Education CTB, backed out.
While money continues to pour into ed tech at a strong pace, the number of deals by “smart-money VC firms” has slowed in 2014, according to CB Insights.
An inspector general’s report on the Los Angeles Unified School District’s controversial purchase of iPads will not be released to the public.
The Incubator School wants to “create tomorrow’s entrepreneurs today;” a $100,000 grant will help it create a playbook to teach other schools how to do the same.
New York City schools’ innovation zone, an effort to identify new ways to bring technology and innovative approaches into classrooms, is experiencing major changes in its leadership.