The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the district whether it properly disclosed how bond funds would be used for the school system’s Apple contract.
A new Education Week special report profiles school districts’ efforts to bring blended learning home by increasing needy students’ access to out-of-school Wi-Fi.
South Carolina officials violated various pieces of state procurement law in awarding a $58 million contracts to the ACT Inc., a top procurement panel has ruled.
A state review blames Idaho’s failure to implement Schoolnet on mismanagement and problems with the $61 million learning management system.
A statewide assessment contract worth $58 million can go forward the first year, but must be re-bid in the following years, according to a new ruling.
A number of major Florida counties lifted suspensions on giving online writing exams, after state officials voiced confidence that problems had been fixed.
Complications around student-data-privacy, frustrations with the K-12 procurement process, and the lure of the global marketplace are some key trends to watch in 2015.
Mississippi’s state board of education says it will put forward a request for proposal for new statewide assessments for next year, after major objections emerged over a PARCC-designed exam.
The Center on Reinventing Public Education says districts need to clear away bureaucratic barriers and “imagined restrictions” in procurement.
The growth of the testing market and major district purchases of digital devices were among the biggest trends affecting the K-12 marketplace in 2014.