Virtual reality designers, video game developers, and ed-tech companies are invited to submit concepts for the competition, which is offering $680,000 in prize money.
Howard County is seeking a vendor to help evaluate students for gifted and talented placement, and a Texas district wants help reviewing its compliance with state grants.
Five non-profits and 24 districts and schools received grants to advance literacy for pre-K-12th grade students in high-needs schools.
Small business grant programs act as seed funds for ed-tech startups.
Universities will create two ed-tech tools with $2.8 million in grant funding from the Institute of Education Science.
The Small Business Innovation Research program, run through the Institute of Education Sciences, funds companies seeking to bring ed-tech products to commercial viability.
I have just applied for a research grant, which provides funding for innovative businesses over the course of two years. If we can win this grant, it will mean we can hire, scale, service more students and schools, and identify important metrics that will prove and improve the efficacy of our product.