Four ed-tech companies brought in a combined $7.8 million of funding, for everything from a platform to track student academic data to an adaptive learning platform.
Classkick, an ed-tech startup that allows teachers to provide personalized, realĀ-time feedback to students working on iPads, raised $1.7 million in seed funding.
Denmark’s WriteReader, an app that enables children to create digital books as they learn how to read, will be expanding into the U.S. market.
Federal officials have published model “terms of service” to help guide districts on what privacy policies to demand from vendors.
Fedora, LocoMotive Labs, and EdTrips headlined a busy week of K-12 venture capital.
Jules Polonetsky, executive director of the Future of Privacy Forum, spoke to Education Week about the challenges industry faces in complying with state and district data-privacy laws.
Google has bought app-maker Launchpad Toys, prompting speculation about how the Silicon Valley corporation is expanding its reach into the market for kids and families.
The growth of the testing market and major district purchases of digital devices were among the biggest trends affecting the K-12 marketplace in 2014.
“Disney Imagicademy” was launched today by Disney Publishing Worldwide, part of an education initiative for young children that will incorporate apps, books, and toys.
A Microsoft official pledges that the company, in acquiring the developer of Minecraft, will “nurture and grow” the enormously popular video game.