About 450 policymakers, entrepreneurs, and nonprofit leaders met in the nation’s capital to compare notes about how they can shape the future of public education.
A number of education and technology groups have called for the FCC to protect net neutrality, but the nation’s two biggest teachers’ unions have been silent on the issue.
While state-run virtual programs continue to grow, major gaps exist in the availability of online resources among urban, suburban, and small schools.
Do you want to know what launching a startup business entails? Ask the Startup bloggers during an Education Week Twitter chat from 8 to 9 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday.
KnowRe, an app that personalizes Math instruction based on student progress, raised $6.8 million in venture capital.
The Small Business Investment Research Center at the U.S. Department of Education attempts to help fledgling ed-tech business find commercial success.
A consumer group is urging the giant technology services company Google to take a stronger stance in supporting net neutrality—the idea of a free and openly accessible Internet.
European countries’ views about how educational technology can be used to improve schools in some respects mirror those of educators and policymakers in the United States, a new report concludes.
HMH Labs will attempt to bring about educational innovation through the “experimentation. and rapid prototyping of new technology solutions.”
While money continues to pour into ed tech at a strong pace, the number of deals by “smart-money VC firms” has slowed in 2014, according to CB Insights.