The former deputy secretary of education, known as a champion of the government’s Investing in Innovation fund, will join 2U, Inc.
Chromebook sales to end-users will reach 7.3 million units in 2015, a 27 percent increase from last year, according to a new report.
The Learning Accelerator is working with between 25-30 districts in an effort to create a “pricing database” for computing devices.
Sandbox Partners is buying the Family Education Network, a Pearson “edu-tainment” platform, for an undisclosed amount.
In the ed-tech industry, “online course” revenues jumped 320 percent, and the advent of blended learning is one of the main reasons, a study finds.
The spending surge is being driven by demand for mobile personal computers, which account for 63 percent of total educational spending on hardware.
California state board officials have approved a $240 million assessment contract for ETS, despite complaints from a rival vendor.
After the Department of Justice raised allegations that edX’s platform and digital content were inaccessible for students with disabilities, the online learning organization agreed to settle.
“Open educational resources,” an alternative to commercial products, get a boost in the U.S. Senate’s version of bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Results of a new, nationwide survey show that nearly 60 percent of high schoolers are using their own mobile devices in school.