A judge has granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request for summary judgment in a lawsuit alleging the company improperly billed parents for in-app costs incurred by their kids.
What Florida Expects From Digital Content Providers
The state now requires districts to spend half of state instructional money on digital resources
Florida now requires K-12 school districts to spend half of their instructional material funding on digital resources, prompting the state to evaluate digital content providers more thoroughly.
Although the state didn’t meet a 95-percent participation requirement for testing, Nevada will not lose federal funds, the U.S. Education Department has decided.
The top education official in the U.K. endorsed ed tech as a means of supporting teachers, but explicitly said it should not be designed to replace them.
Parents are skeptical about ed-tech companies being given access to student data, according to a nationwide poll sponsored by the Future of Privacy Forum.
The amendment, approved by the Senate Education Committee, would allow a competition for federal funds to pay for educational technology and professional development.
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.
Congressional Republicans’ effort to raise the 30-hour-per-week threshold for employers receiving health care draws the opposition of two leading teachers’ unions.
A new challenge to the Affordable Care Act could affect federal subsidies for health insurance for millions of individuals, including school employees.
The U.S. educational technology director says this issue is important for many reasons, not the least of which: it’s an Office of Civil Rights concern.