The most widely read stories of the past year focused on fast-growing companies, trends in investment, and strategic advice for education companies.

The most widely read stories of the past year focused on fast-growing companies, trends in investment, and strategic advice for education companies.
EdWeek Market Brief Breaks Out the Education Players From Deloitte's List of Tech Providers
Deloitte named its 500 fastest-growing tech companies in North America. Thirty-nine of them touch the world of education in ways big or small.
Classcraft's Co-Founders Lay Out Plans to Channel Investment Into Sales Teams, and R&D
Classcraft, a company that develops games for student engagement and learning, is growing and that means it will have use part of its $7.5 million in new funding to build out its sales infrastructure.
The Lifespan of Products in Curriculum and Other Areas Could Get Shorter, Some Predict
Schools will increasingly count on education vendors to deliver products that cultivate analytic skills and collaborative ability, labor experts say.
LEGO Education Tries to Anticipate Future Work Trends When Designing Products, a Top Official Says
Silver McDonald, the general manager of LEGO Education North America, says students need products that will teach them about collaboration, innovation, and coding to develop skills for careers of the future.
The $1.3 billion international robotics education market is set to grow to $3.1 billion by 2025, predicts market research firm HolonIQ.
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How can education companies keep up with the surge of interest in AI? Three guest speakers on our Aug. 21 webinar will provide essential intel on this subject.
As AI’s role in education becomes more pervasive, educators need to know what questions to ask about products that use the technology, argued Andreas Oranje, an ETS official.
Companies Are Refining Products Focused on Social-Emotional Learning, Personalized Academic Support, and Even Building Management
Companies have already brought artificial intelligence into education products focused on student well-being, math instruction, personalized academic pathways, and even building maintenance.