A proposal by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler would raise yearly funding for the E-rate program from $2.4 billion to $3.9 billion.
A number of education and technology groups have called for the FCC to protect net neutrality, but the nation’s two biggest teachers’ unions have been silent on the issue.
While state-run virtual programs continue to grow, major gaps exist in the availability of online resources among urban, suburban, and small schools.
The market for tablets at the global level, and in the U.S., continues to grow, though Apple’s sales of iPads declined in the third quarter, according to the IDC.
The Small Business Investment Research Center at the U.S. Department of Education attempts to help fledgling ed-tech business find commercial success.
A consumer group is urging the giant technology services company Google to take a stronger stance in supporting net neutrality—the idea of a free and openly accessible Internet.
European countries’ views about how educational technology can be used to improve schools in some respects mirror those of educators and policymakers in the United States, a new report concludes.
While money continues to pour into ed tech at a strong pace, the number of deals by “smart-money VC firms” has slowed in 2014, according to CB Insights.
Tripod, perhaps best known for its work on student surveys for a Gates foundation study of teacher effectiveness, announced this week it will provide free surveys to teachers.
An Education Week review of federally funded, common-core testing contracts shows McGraw-Hill/CTB, Pearson, and ETS winning the biggest deals.