Girls Who Code expands to its first international market. Education companies Kinvolved, Photomath, Yuanfudao, Edves, and Kukua raise money in funding rounds.
A survey of educators at international private schools–a booming market for K-12 companies–reveals the pressure teachers and students face to achieve high test scores.
Personalized learning platform IXL Learning has acquired educational games provider ABCya, and early education software provider Brightwheel has raised $21 million.
The new program at the University of Southern California will have a big focus on nurturing minority- and female-owned ed-tech companies.
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James Burnett spent years doing professional development in the U.S. before selling his first product here. Now his company is working in all 50 states and 14 countries.
Achieve3000 has acquired Actively Learn and now plans to offer differentiated instruction to preK to adult learners, while Chinese tutoring company TAL Education bought app developer Dr. Panda.
The government of Egypt has reached an agreement with ACT to use the Iowa-based testing provider’s exams for college admissions, summative assessments, and other purposes.
Of 104 new international schools due to open over the next year, 42 percent will be offering a U.K, curriculum, and 12.5 percent will be using a U.S.-developed one, according to a new report by ISC Research.
Test provider ACT has invested in Open Assessment Technologies, a provider of open-source assessment solutions.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, which calls itself the biggest provider of private educational services in China, says it plans to invest $220 million in ed-tech companies in its home nation.