Industry Insight
Experts on the market deliver advice and insights on the education sector
Product Development
Industry Insight
Why Are Ed-Tech Products Sitting Unused? It Starts With Failing To Research Teachers
Teaching Lab CEO Sarah Johnson talks about the common complaints she hears from educators, and how companies can avoid becoming an unused tool on a district's virtual shelf.
Strategy & Operations
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt CEO Talks About Consolidation, What's Next for AI, and the End of ESSER
Jack Lynch sees risks for artificial intelligence tools exacerbating student isolation, but benefits in their ability to support teachers.
Meeting District Needs
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The Support School Librarians Need From the K-12 Market
School librarian positions across the country continue to get reduced or cut altogether.
Product Development
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Why Isn't There More Evidence Behind Ed-Tech Products?
An ongoing project by the Jacobs Foundation looks at how many companies are pursuing research and how to compel more of it.
Meeting District Needs
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A New, Tougher ‘Bar of Entry’ for Ed-Tech Companies
ISTE CEO Richard Culatta sees rising expectations being put on vendors to prove their products' value to school districts.
Education Market
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Demand for Data Literacy Is Rising. Here's What That Means for the K-12 Market
The executive director of a data science advocacy group talks about new demands emerging from states and school districts.
Strategy & Operations
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Do New AI Rollouts by OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Pose an 'Existential Threat' to Education Companies?
GSV Ventures' Claire Zau breaks down what ambitious new AI projects announced by tech titans mean for the K-12 market.
Education Market
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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.
Product Development
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One Company's Blueprint for Translating Products for Global Markets
Kahoot's CTO discusses how the educational quiz company relied on its translation platform to bring its products to Indonesia.
Meeting District Needs
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Why "Single-Point Solutions" Fail to Drive Ed-Tech Innovation
The pressure to scale up digital innovations can get in the way of potential breakthroughs across districts, says the CEO of the Learning Accelerator.