Industry Insight

Experts on the market deliver advice and insights on the education sector
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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.
Emma Kate Fittes, July 17, 2024
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Strategy & Operations Industry Insight 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.
Michelle Caffrey, July 12, 2024
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Meeting District Needs Industry Insight The Support School Librarians Need From the K-12 Market
School librarian positions across the country continue to get reduced or cut altogether.
Robin L. Flanigan, June 28, 2024
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Product Development Industry Insight 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.
David Saleh Rauf, June 21, 2024
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Meeting District Needs Industry Insight 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.
Alexandria Ng, June 14, 2024
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Education Market Industry Insight 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.
Emma Kate Fittes, May 31, 2024
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Strategy & Operations Industry Insight 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.
Michelle Caffrey, May 24, 2024
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Education Market Industry Insight 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.
Alexandria Ng, May 9, 2024
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Product Development Industry Insight 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.
Michelle Caffrey, May 3, 2024
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Meeting District Needs Industry Insight 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.
Michelle Caffrey, April 5, 2024
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