A prominent ed-tech company has been delisted from the Student Privacy Pledge, following a breach that affected a pair of the nation’s largest school systems.
The Funding Cliff Looms. How Will School Districts Respond?
Districts Are Trying to Get Creative in Anticipating the Eventual Loss of Federal Stimulus Aid
Despite new flexibility provided by the federal government, K-12 systems face complicated decisions in preparing for the the eventual loss of emergency stimulus aid.
K-12 Budgets Should Be in Great Shape. But Inflation Is Taking a Toll
A Strong Economy and Stimulus Funding Is Being Offset by Rising Costs, According to an Expert on Education Spending
School districts are feeling the pain from rising costs that are gripping the overall economy, says longtime education budget expert Mike Griffith.
The consumer protection agency vowed to keep checks on an industry it said is “dominated by the commercial surveillance business model.”
The funding is part of a $7 billion federal stimulus measure created last year to boost student and teacher connectivity away from school.
Newly proposed federal rules would overhaul the process for making awards through the federal program, which aims to improve school and library internet connectivity.
Demand for School Tutoring Is ‘Through the Roof.’ And Companies Are Primed for Growth
School Districts Have Major Needs, and Specific Expectations of Providers Tapping Into Stimulus Dollars
School districts are moving quickly to hire tutoring companies — in some cases, several of them — to shore up student academic challenges exacerbated by the pandemic.
What Ed-Tech Companies Can Learn From One District’s E-Rate Priorities
School Systems like Beaufort County, S.C., and Others Across the Country Are Investing Heavily in On-Campus Connectivity
EdWeek Market Brief takes an inside look at how a South Carolina district is spending on revamped internet connectivity, and the implications for ed-tech vendors.
Backed with unprecedented federal funding to weather the pandemic, states collectively spent an estimated $483 billion on K-12 during fiscal 2021, a year-over-year increase of 12.3 percent, according to a new analysis.
Across the country, school districts are plowing their share of federal stimulus aid into ambitious projects meant to counter problems brought on by the pandemic.