Although the state didn’t meet a 95-percent participation requirement for testing, Nevada will not lose federal funds, the U.S. Education Department has decided.
K-12 Dealmaking: Barnes & Noble Ed. Acquires LoudCloud; Volley Labs Raises $2.3 Million
Volley Labs’ investors include Zuckerberg Education Ventures, and adaptive-literacy software developer LightSail takes in $11 million in Series B funding.
State Ed-Tech Inventories Alerting the Market to K-12 Priorities
When Utah decided to provide more funds for technology in schools, the state first commissioned an inventory of every district’s ed-tech status, and anticipated needs.
Tracking Ed-Market Deals: LMS, and “Catalog” Sought
One big Texas district seeks an LMS; another issues what it calls a “catalog” request, asking vendors to commit to a level of discount.
Make Classroom Data More Useful, Teachers Tell Ed-Tech Developers
A Gates foundation survey finds that teachers regard too much of the data that comes to them via technology as slow, delivered in silos, and untrustworthy.
Weld North Acquires Performance Matters, Merging It With Truenorthlogic
The move will give Truenorthlogic, which provides data on teachers’ evaluations and training, the ability to combine student assessment results with educator performance data on one platform
Chicago Program for Testing Ed-Tech Finds Need for Data, Smart Practice
A project that pairs digital companies with schools produced gains in student learning, but also exposed flaws in how some of those products were implemented.
Performance Metrics Up the Ante for Doing Business With K-12 Schools
Moving the needle on student achievement is an expectation more schools are sharing with their ed-tech partners. Here’s how Cleveland Metropolitan sets goals and monitors progress with data from companies.
When a Name Change Is the Right Move
Don’t undertake a name change for your company lightly, but if it’s the correct strategy, here’s how to do it.
How to Build a Research Base for Your K-12 Product
Ed-tech companies conducting research often miss critical steps in gathering information about their products’ effectiveness, and the experiences of teachers and students using them.