A federal judge in Florida has ordered an online school that the Federal Trade Commission labeled a “diploma mill” to halt marketing to students.
The Florida Supreme Court’s decision means that the federal lawsuit by Florida Virtual School against K12’s Florida Virtual Academy can continue.
The board of Pennsylvania’s Agora Cyber Charter School has decided to bring management in-house and change technology vendors for parts of its contract with K12 Inc.
MIT and Harvard University’s online-learning platform edX entered the K-12 arena this week with the release of 26 MOOCs targeted at high school students.
“Twelve a Dozen,” is Amplify’s first attempt to sell directly into the consumer space, as opposed to going after buyers based in K-12 districts.
Pluralsight, a major provider of online training videos for developers, IT professionals, and creative technologists, raised $135 million in Series B funding.
An NFL executive recently said that fantasy football, a popular game, can be a valuable educational tool in teaching math.
David Wiley, a supporter for open-educational resources, argues that the “learning outcomes per dollar” from free and open resources tops that of the traditional materials produced by commercial publishers.
Desire2Learn, a Canadian-based LMS provider, raised $85 million in Series B funding, bringing its total external investment to $165 million.
Jon Whitmore, a former university president who has been with the ACT since 2010, says he will retire from the testing organization in August of 2015.