Jim Shelton, who leads the education division of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, said the organization will focus on linking researchers, developers, and entrepreneurs, as well as educators, to scale what works.
Florida and Texas are home to some of the highest-performing local education foundations, which raise funds for specific school districts to meet student and teacher needs.
The global private school provider says it has invested $1 billion in its schools and personnel since fiscal year 2014.
The success of the program will hinge on the training of teachers and administrators, as well as its connections with existing systems, one nonprofit leader advises.
A handful of ed-tech companies raised funds including literacy solutions provider ThinkCERCA, Chinese ed-tech platform Gaosi Education and higher education learning community Packback.
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Fifteen companies have won a combined $1.5 million in grants to support work building the academic content and effective use of data for products to help students with special needs.
In this week’s dealmaking news, software and services company Blackbaud acquired scholarship management solution AcademicWorks.
Edlio, a provider of content management systems for the K-12 market, and Excelligence, an early childhood education tools and solutions company, announced acquisitions.
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