A school district in Texas is on the hunt for an eBook vendor, while the state of Colorado wants to buy online course content in both English and Spanish.
Inside a Nationwide Education Purchasing Cooperative: What Companies Need to Know
For Education Companies, Working With a Co-Op Can Lead to Bigger Deals, a Shorter Sales Cycle and a Wider Reach

Working with a purchasing cooperative can help education companies strike bigger deals, reach more districts with their products, and shorten the selling cycle.
Delaware’s department of education is looking for contractors to help design an evaluation platform, and the Santa Ana, Calif., schools want software to manage professional development opportunities.
A Louisiana school district looks to buy a digital learning program, and the Miami-Dade schools eyes a background-screening platform.
The South Carolina district is planning to undertake a website transformation, and the Special School District of St. Louis County, Mo., wants tailor-made learning software for students with disabilities.
Texas is choosing a new screening measure to identify English-language learners, and the Lee’s Summit School District, in Missouri, wants elementary English/ language arts resources.
A Virginia school district wants to buy a digital mathematics curriculum, and Maryland’s Howard County Schools requested an instructional writing program.
A San Antonio-area district seeks an instructional platform, and a school system in the St. Louis area wants a tool to detect and quarantine online threats.
One of Texas’ largest school districts seeks career technical education services, and a Colorado school district plans on buying Chromebooks.
What K-12 HR Directors Are Demanding From Vendors
Big Tech Shifts Create Need for Screening, Retention, Social Media-Oriented Tools

School systems need tech-based HR systems capable of sharing data and analyzing information, says Dale R. Fisher, a board member of the American Association of School Personnel Administrators.