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Meeting District Needs
K-12 Market News
School Librarians: the Overlooked Ed-Tech Influencers
The roles of school district librarians have shifted over time, particularly as schools have become more reliant on various forms of technology and devices.
Financing & Investment
K-12 Market News
MagicSchool AI Raises $15M; Instructure Acquires Scribbles
MagicSchool AI, a platform that offers AI tools for educators, raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Bain Capital Ventures.
Strategy & Operations
K-12 Market News
LAUSD and AllHere: 4 Takeaways Amid New Doubts About the Far-Reaching AI Project
As signs of trouble surface for LAUSD's major experiment in AI, here are the questions that education companies need to be asking.
Education Market
Market Analysis
Profile of a Key State Education Market: Illinois
Illinois’ top education official has a message for education companies working in his state: You need to take diversity and equity seriously.
Meeting District Needs
K-12 Insider
Products to Help 'Beaten-Down' Students Become Great Readers: A Longtime Teacher's Perspective
A Florida curriculum intervention specialist talks about getting teachers to buy into "science of reading" materials.
Education Market
Special Report
What's Next for the K-12 Reading Market? New Special Report Reveals Shifting Demands
EdWeek Market Brief's analysis looks at projected district spending on core and supplemental curriculum, PD, assessment, and more.
Meeting District Needs
Purchasing Alert
N.C. District Shops for Time and Attendance Software; Iowa System Pursues Community Education Programs
A North Carolina district seeks time and attendance management software, and an Iowa school system is buying community education programs.
Special Report: 4 Key Decision-Makers Who Shape K-12 Purchasing and Policy
EdWeek Market Brief's special report looks at the backgrounds of top district administrators and how they make buying decisions.
Inside the Federal Title II Program; Ed. Companies’ Search for AI Talent
Go behind the scenes with our EdWeek Market Brief editorial team to learn about critical topics in the K-12 market.
Two-Minute Tip: Why K-12 Companies Are Tapping Talent From Outside Education
EdWeek Market Brief Staff Writer Michelle Caffrey dives into some of the reasons education companies are looking to recruit talent from outside the education industry.
- Mergers & AcquisitionsFinancing & Investment K-12 Market News K-12 Dealmaking: Amira Learning Merges With Istation; Weatherford Capital Invests in BusPatrolA Brazilian ed-tech company, Somos Young, has secured $12.3 million in funding.
What's Next for the New Wave of Consolidation in the Education Market?The drying up of federal funding and an oversaturation in some segments of the K-12 space is fueling a run of mergers and acquisitions.Bain Capital to Acquire PowerSchool for $5.6BThe news comes roughly a month after media reports indicated Bain was interested in taking the major global ed-tech company private.Artificial IntelligenceStrategy & Operations K-12 Market News Company Behind Massive LAUSD AI Rollout Announces FurloughsThe education company working with the Los Angeles Unified Schools on a major artificial intelligence project faces an uncertain future.
What Do Districts Need From Vendors On AI? LAUSD Leader Weighs InSuperintendent Alberto Carvalho described the expectations he had for companies seeking to help the districts with artificial intelligence tools.A New, Tougher ‘Bar of Entry’ for Ed-Tech CompaniesISTE CEO Richard Culatta sees rising expectations being put on vendors to prove their products' value to school districts.State PolicyEducation Market Industry Insight Demand for Data Literacy Is Rising. Here's What That Means for the K-12 MarketThe executive director of a data science advocacy group talks about new demands emerging from states and school districts.
Private School Choice Is Surging. Where Are Opportunities for Vendors?The rise of ESAs and other models will fuel an appetite among families for new academic products and services, predicts a researcher.Hunger for Social-Emotional Learning Persists, Despite Funding Uncertainty and Cultural FightsSome school districts have altered their messaging, in trying to communicate the concept's value to parents and policymakers.Market ResearchEducation Market K-12 Market News Join EdWeek Market Brief's Intel Briefings at ISTEEdWeek Market Brief's editorial team will offer insights on trends in district policy and purchasing at the upcoming mega ed-tech show.
How Are School Districts Spending Their Title I Funding Money?An EdWeek Market Brief survey asked K-12 officials how they're spending money they receive from the critical federal aid program.Where Instructional Materials (Still) Fall Short in Addressing Racial and Ethnic DiversityA new EdWeek Market Brief survey of K-12 officials finds that support for teachers in navigating complex topics continues to lag.
