The company that brought hip-hop music to schools has tapped Din Heiman, an ed-tech industry veteran, as its first president.
British Education Secretary Damian Hinds says that private-sector companies need to help his government use ed-tech to transform teacher training, assessment, and school operations.
In this week’s dealmaking news, Canada-based classroom workflow app Showbie acquired formative assessment tools provider Socrative. Also, Swing Education, an online job market for substitute teachers, and Goodwall, a professional development network for students, raised funds.
The biggest economic gains for countries come from giving girls not just a primary education, but leading them through secondary school, a new World Bank study finds.
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K-12 companies from the U.S. and other nations trying to make it in China need to understand the importance of brand recognition in the huge, fast-evolving market.
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Demand for private education, delivered through independent schools and tutoring, has surged over the years in China, and many companies from other countries have been able to sell there.
The company will delay an IPO after regulators in Dubai froze tuition fees at private schools, which will affect the company’s financial projections, according to Reuters.
EdWeek Market Brief will host a webinar on Tuesday, July 17, at 2 p.m. Eastern, on what K-12 companies need to know about the GDPR, Europe’s tough new data-privacy law.
The Chinese company TAL Education says a short seller’s claims are rife with “unsupported speculation and malicious interpretations of events.”
Chinese English language education company VIPKID raised $500 million. Also, Microsoft acquired classroom video platform Flipgrid.