Total spending on K-12 instructional materials stood at $11.8 billion in 2013-14, according to the Education Market Association.
Education Week has acquired Learning Matters, an award-winning TV production company founded two decades ago by longtime PBS correspondent John Merrow.
The “MOOC” provider edX is allowing authors of its content to license their materials as “open educational resources.”
The “conundrum” for the publishing industry is how to create materials aligned with the common core at a time when the standards are subject to fierce political pushback.
From Web 3.0 adaptive technologies to making learning more “visible,” four panelists at a preK-12 publishers’ conference shared their visions of how ed-tech should evolve.
Sandbox Partners is buying the Family Education Network, a Pearson “edu-tainment” platform, for an undisclosed amount.
Silicon Valley tech company HP and Knewton, the developer of digital learner profiles, are partnering on an effort to bring “adaptive” print products into K-12 schools.
New market research documents the shift from print to digital instructional materials in K-12 over the past few years, a trend expected to continue.
The media conglomerate and CIG Education Group are combining to create NYT EDUcation, an initiative for pre-college and college students and professional learners.
California, Texas and Florida are among the states that are ceding more authority to districts in choosing their own instructional materials, the Association of American Publishers reports.