A new study says superintendents want more business involvement in their districts, so three organizations created a “playbook” to help businesses step up their game.
President Obama announced plans from seven large companies to support K-12 schools across the U.S. in their digital learning efforts by contributing $750 million worth of goods and services.
President Obama announces a plan in which technology corporations will contribute $750 million in goods and services to improve U.S. schools’ connectivity.
The Federal Communications Commission will lift the amount devoted to schools’ and libraries’ high-speed Internet access by $1 billion annually through the E-rate program.
The number of education-focused mergers and acquistions rose during the most recent year, according to an analysis by Berkery Noyes, a investment bank.
A group of about 50 business leaders have written to the Federal Communications Commission calling for improvements to the E-rate progarm.
Grants awarded through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are designed to help charters and traditional districts work through issues that have traditionally sparked friction between the two sectors.
Google Play for Education is adding book rentals to its repertoire and Chromebooks’ use in education is expanding, increasing Google’s influence in the K-12 market.
Pearson, the global education publisher, recently conceded that it has faced a tough financial environment in North America over the past year.
The federal government wants input about how to shape competitions that would produce educational technology and other success-oriented solutions for K-12, higher education, and lifelong learning.