Going forward, Pearson “is developing its own in-house adaptive learning capability,” said a representative for the company.
In this week’s dealmaking news, education startup AltSchool has raised $40 million; also, tutoring and test prep platform Revolution Prep raised $4 million.
School choice advocate and tennis legend Andre Agassi has created funds to help provide facilities and infrastructure to charter schools.
Potentially big policy changes at the federal level are creating major questions for ed-tech companies and others, panelists at the ASU/GSV Summit said.
The Secretary of Education revisited themes about school choice while talking about the importance of innovation to a conference attended by education companies, investors, and educators.
Opportunities abound for U.S. companies in China’s education market, if they can avoid the mistakes that have undermined some early efforts.
In this week’s dealmaking news, the ed-tech sector saw a handful of acquisitions. Private equity firm Education Growth Partners acquired Apex Learning while Sylvan Learning purchased Citelighter, among other acquisitions.
The lack of ed-tech interoperability costs school districts time, money and efficiency, chief technology officers say. Some ed-tech companies are working to address the issue, but most are not.
EdWeek Market Brief today released the results of a nationwide survey of K-12 educators, gauging their perceptions of Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft.
The education giant cited the “slow pace of digital adoption” in U.S. K-12 schools as a key reason it is considering the sale of its online, digital and blended curriculum.