Nearly two-thirds of Michigan’s districts are contracting out at least one of three main support services, according to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
A new advocacy organization, led by a former American Federation of Teachers staffer, says it will seek to counter the influence of organizations that it sees as promoting misguided, free-market reforms.
Two companies are banking on helping districts improve their ability to hire high-performing teachers by using predictive analytics.
Comcast, one of the nation’s largest Internet and cable providers, is partnering with Khan Academy to try to increase Web connectivity for impoverished students.
The number of for-profit operators of charter schools continues to grow, though they are far outnumbered by nonprofit managers, a report finds.
The stock of online provider K12 Inc. took a steep plunge following its release of information showing more modest projections for student enrollment than investors had anticipated.
Marc Sternberg, a senior deputy chancellor in the New York City schools, has moved to a top post in the Walton Family Foundation.
Cash-strapped schools get funds from Fortune 500 corporate sponsors in deals brokered by Education Funding Partners Inc.
Shipments of personal computer worldwide dropped for the fifth consecutive quarter, the longest sustained declined in history, while U.S. education PC shipments remained steady.
As many as half of the nation’s children who regularly attend early-childhood programs do so in for-profit environments, an author estimates.