A company with one of the biggest names in education, McGraw-Hill Education, is among the latest to invest in school-focused startups, through a program run out of the University of Pennsylvania. McGraw-Hill is investing in the Education Design Studio, Inc., an incubator and seed fund that is a collaboration between the university’s graduate school of education and venture capitalists and investors.…
The 2013 Inc. 5000 List of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States features 44 businesses serving children from preschool through high school.
Tight school budgets, complying with new health care reform rules, and funding technology are hot topics at the Association of School Business Officials International meeting.
President Obama visited the career-themed “P-Tech” school in New York City today and called for more funding to be directed toward replicating its academic model.
There were 68 education-focused mergers and acquisitions in the third quarter of 2013, with several of the deals focused on child care.
Local education has added more than 56,000 jobs over the past three months, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers released Tuesday.
The most popular courses offered by ‘MOOC’ provider Coursera in China include classes on modeling, finance, machine learning, and math.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is supporting the growth of startup Panorama Education, which provides surveys and analytics based on input from parents, teachers, and others.
Education historian Diane Ravitch speaks about her latest book, Reign of Error, which offers a far-reaching critique of private involvement in public education.
Common Sense Media, an advocacy group that rates education products, is urging major industry group to take stronger steps to protect student data, the New York Times reports.
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