The National Science Foundation has created a data tool that allows for state-by-state comparisons of indicators of academic achievement, research and development, and economic growth.
Companies that provide digital education for K-12 schools should undergo the same accountability as educators and administrators, say the authors of a new book.
Education Week’s new special report, Navigating the Ed-Tech Marketplace, offers a broad look at the landscape of buyers and sellers operating in and around K-12 systems.
Hilary Noskin, a former general counsel with the New Mexico department of education, signed a contract between the state and an after-school provider despite her having a connection to that company, according to a media report.
Schools will need more money from the federal government to buy the technology they need for online common-core assessments, some education organizations argue.
Purchases of instructional materials fell by 4 percent in the 1st quarter of 2014 compared with the same period in 2013, possibly because of districts’ uncertainty about the common-core implementation, according to the Association of American Publishers.
Tom Allen, the president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers, said that number of competing dynamics are shaping implementation of the common-core standards in the states, and that his industry needs to put its stamp on that discussion.
Industry officials offered contrasting views of how quickly the print-to-digital transition in K-12 publishing is playing out.
Decisions about what cloud-based education technology K-12 schools use should be centralized in district offices, say researchers from Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
An official from the market research company MDR told educational publishers that their companies are likely to see better days as K-12 school budgets improve.