A big North Carolina district is looking for marketing consultants. A Maryland district wants to buy digital math textbooks and electronic reading materials.
Buffalo schools want help screening potential hires and a Virginia district seeks a learning management system.
Ohio’s third biggest district is looking to hire public affairs consultants, while an Oklahoma district is looking for special education services.
Weighing When and How to Sell to Small, Rural K-12 Districts
Vendors Can Experiment With Products and Pricing, and Work With Purchasing Cooperatives

Education companies face difficult decisions about whether to go after business in rural and small school systems, which typically offer little room to scale up.
New York City’s education department is looking for consultants with expertise in community building. Philadelphia’s school district wants to purchase alternative education programs.
Ohio wants to analyze its early childhood special education outcomes and New Hampshire aims to help low-income youth.

On Jan. 18 at 11 a.m. EST, a panel of experts will offer advice to K-12 companies on how to build a foundation of research for their education products.
Toronto’s school district is in the market for software to track student transportation. The Los Angeles school district wants vendors to apply for Title II dollars subsidizing PD to private schools regulated by the district.
Chicago’s school district is looking for vendors to revamp its social-emotional learning services, and a California district wants help reviewing its employee compensation practices.
The New Orleans school district is looking to buy a document management system. Newark, N.J., officials are soliciting special education consultants.