Microsoft is being criticized for its collection of data through Windows 10, an operating system that is sold to K-12 districts.
The nation’s second-largest district is poised to settle a dispute with Apple and Lenovo stemming from the system’s problematic 1:1 technology rollout.
Ed-tech companies are moving more slowly from their seed fundraising rounds to the Series A stage, according to CB Insights.
An online video chat company is issuing a challenge to the education community: $100,000 for the first non-commercial group that logs 1 million hours of professional development online.
Andrew Marcinek will serve in the U.S. Department of Education’s office of ed tech, working with school and state leaders, educators, and developers.
Eighty-eight percent of districts offered students some form of credit recovery, much of it delivered online.
A national poll, which speaks to how and when teachers use social media, finds that educators shun those online forms for in-class use.
Smarter Balanced will review the validity of test results from three states that experienced disruptions on their tests last year.
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have adopted Next Generation Science Standards, which could shape schools’ demand for content for years to come.
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has arranged an independent evaluation of an open-source delivery platform it paid the American Institutes for Research to develop.