The effort is backed by $20 million from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
Concentric Education, which offers student and family support services to K-12 districts, raised $5 million in Series A funding from New Markets Venture Partners.
The Federal Communications Commission is planning to restore net neutrality rules, in a move aimed at reviving a landmark internet regulation from the Obama era that was repealed by the Trump administration. Last week the FCC released a tentative agenda for its October meeting that includes discussion about a new net neutrality rulemaking. Net neutrality…
The investment marks the NBA star-turned-investor’s first foray into the ed-tech market.
A survey of state ed-tech officials reveals major concerns about generative AI and cybersecurity emerging from the school district level.
Some of the pullback reflects a slowing of private equity deals, which represented just 52 of the deals closed in the first half of the year,
The acquisition of Neverskip, which uses software to help schools automate operations, is part of PowerSchool’s strategy to greatly expand its presence in the South Asian nation.
The customer relations software giant s backing six education-related nonprofits with the goal of supporting their development of new, generative AI technology.
The agency that administers the long-running National Assessment of Educational Progress is looking to bring major changes to the test through technology.
Discovery Education CEO Jeremy Cowdrey and DreamBox CEO Jessie Woolley-Wilson said the acquisition was driven in part by new trends in the K-12 market.