Pearson’s CEO said the company will take “radical action” to correct big losses in the higher education market.
Trying to Make It in K-12 Markets Abroad? Protect Your Intellectual Property
One of the U.S. Government's Top Authorities on IP Offers Advice for Education Providers
A top U.S. government official on intellectual property talks about how education companies can take simple steps to evaluate their risks of having their IP stolen in markets such as China, Canada, Thailand, and South Korea.
McGraw-Hill Education acquired Redbird Advanced Learning, LLC, a digital personalized learning company; in addition, educational content company Cengage acquired WebAssign.
A national award-winning principal asked her teachers for ways businesses can help schools and students. One suggestion: improve teacher selection for focus groups.
The education materials and technology provider buys a wholesaler and book distributor, and ClassDojo, Student.com, and ClassWallet raise investment dollars.
As schools’ interest in open education resources grows, Knovation—a company that has been curating free educational content from the web since 1999—is building more partnerships.
Open educational resources — viewed by many as challenger to commercial resources — are encouraged through the recently passed, sweeping ESSA federal statute.
Any digital educational materials created with federal grants would have to be openly licensed if a proposed Department of Education regulation is adopted.
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have adopted Next Generation Science Standards, which could shape schools’ demand for content for years to come.
Knewton has established partnerships with companies in about 20 countries outside the United States, where demand for ed-tech is growing.