One of the largest school districts in the country wants a farm-to-school strategic planning consultant. A school system in New York would like to find pre-K providers from community-based organizations.
How to Build PD — and Products — With Teachers’ Needs in Mind
The Best PD Helps Districts Engage in 'Change Management,' Says CEO of Teaching Matters
Strong teacher input is critical to the successful adoption of new technology in K-12 classrooms, says Teaching Matters CEO Lynette Guastaferro.
The Baltimore city schools are planning to buy math and literacy intervention programs, and a New Jersey district is looking for professional development on social-emotional learning, mental health and other issues.
How the Future of Work Will Heap New Pressure on K-12 Companies
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.
A North Carolina school district is buying a training program associated with helping students with trauma, and the Pittsburgh K-12 system needs a platform to help with transportation.
How to Make a Top District Ed-Tech Administrator Happy
Companies Need to Keep Administrators In the Loop About School-Level Projects, Explains a Maryland Leader
The Prince George’s County school system has a tech team that helps with product implementation, and vendors need to connect with that team, says district tech leader Lisa Spencer.
In the latest K-12 dealmaking news, major assessment and analytics provider Renaissance has snapped up data company Schoolzilla, and the child care-focused company Winnie has raised $9 million.
Schoology and PowerSchool says they serve many of the same K-12 customers now, and that the acquisition will bring an array of new functions to each company’s platforms.
The Los Angeles Unified School District needs a software asset management and discovery solution, and the Broward County, Fla., schools are interested in buying a mental-health curriculum.
HMH is reducing its workforce by the end of 2019 and spending less on content development over the next three years, the company has announced.