K-12 superintendents from several U.S. regions expressed dissatisfaction with education vendors’ marketing campaigns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey says.
A Chinese ed-tech firm is again being accused of fraud, after a U.S.-based short seller says its investigation uncovered use of bots to inflate the firm’s market value.
Six major dealmaking moves took place in the K-12 world in recent weeks, including MasterClass raising $100 million and Guild Education acquiring Entangled.
Criteria used for choosing a social-emotional learning program for students and educators will look very different now than it did before the impact of the coronavirus.
A new database from Education Week allows users, including companies, to dive into the finances of 12,000 school districts around the country and gauge whether they are likely to face budget cuts.
Language-learning platform Duolingo has raised $10 million, adding to its over $1.5 billion valuation, and South African and Kuwaiti startups received investments as well.
K-12 school district leaders discuss issues unique to early childhood education and how to address remote instruction, learning loss, parent training and social-emotional learning amid the pandemic.
A new grant authorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act will be weighted heavily toward benefiting economically disadvantaged students, which could alter purchasing choices of funding recipients.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate ed-tech companies’ digital marketing practices, as online activity surges during COVID-19.
The CEO of Move This World isn’t big on screen time, but in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, technology–when used with care–can help strengthen relationships.
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