Tennessee has hired Questar to give state exams, and in Utah, the Waterford Institute won a big government grant to expand online pre-K education.
New York University’s Steinhardt School is partnering with StartEd Companies to establish an accelerator and incubator program. And the market for ed-tech acquisitions is heating up outside the United States.
The largest school district in the country is giving vendors an opportunity to share their plans for improving the Big Apple’s professional development for academic intervention services. Missouri’s statewide education agency announced that it would hang onto its incumbent test-writing vendor.
School districts will be able to compare ed-tech companies’ pricing and contracts through a partnership between The Technology for Education Consortium and the Lea(R)n.
The Frederick, Va., schools award a $3 million contract for software-as-a-service; and a San Antonio-area system looks for Web programming and maintenance help.
Nation’s 6th Largest District Leapfrogs RFP Process for LMS Purchase
Broward County, Fla., takes a strikingly different approach to buying educational technology
The Broward County, Fla., school district just spent more than $5 million on a learning management system without ever issuing an RFP for the new technology.
The Houston Independent School District is looking for a vendor to build an online tool for tracking and handling hotline complaints it receives, with the goal of resolving problems that get flagged.
A major school district in Texas puts out a general call for software and an Ohio district seals a deal to design online curriculum.
Atlanta’s school system is looking for a vendor to inventory its assets; another Georgia system wants a major tech upgrade of its transportation system.
Massachusetts officials have hired an organization to develop reports that can help local school systems allocate resources wisely.
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