Anchorage’s school district is casting a wide net for vendors with expertise helping students in all subject areas. New Hampshire officials chose two vendors to help improve the state’s special education offerings for preschoolers.
An initiative to improve the use of apps and mobile technology in the instruction of special education students finds that teachers aren’t receiving the professional development they want.
A Missouri district chooses Frontline to help manage and track its substitute teachers. Virginia aims to offer a voluntary statewide special education system to better coordinate local data by January 2017.
Three ESSA Catchphrases Your Digital-Content Marketing Material Needs Now
Educators Are Looking for References to Certain Key Concepts in the New Federal Law
District leaders place different values on seeing ESSA-focused terms like “evidence-based” and “nonacademic” factors in digital content providers’ marketing materials, a new, proprietary Education Week Research Center survey finds.
Feds Ramping Up ‘Pay for Success’ Options for Preschool, English-Language Learning
The Every Student Succeeds Act Encourages Private Investments in School Programs
U.S. Department of Education officials are putting forward specific plans to test the idea of luring financial investors into public education with the prospect of financial returns.
Amazon and the National Federation of the Blind will collaborate on improvements to Amazon’s education content, platforms, and applications.
Colorado officials want to buy a software system to track students outside traditional school settings; the Philadelphia district focuses on academic interventions.
K-12 Venture Capital in 2016: Data Analytics, Virtual Reality Could Make Gains
District Demands for Social-Emotional Supports, Special Populations Also Could Grow
Analysts expect investors to seek out companies that help districts use big data, gain deeper understanding of school systems, and focus on special populations in 2016.
Seattle public schools have agreed to make their ed-tech accessible to the blind community in what could be a landmark agreement for K-12 schools.
The National Federation of the Blind questions whether e-books that educators will purchase through Amazon’s storefront are likely to be fully useful to its community.
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