February 21, 2020: Volume 27, Number 4
President Donald Trump in March proposed a budget for fiscal year 2020 that would consolidate 29 Department of Education programs into a flexible block program and allow states to ...
Richard Culatta, International Society for Technology in Education (Arlington, VA) CEO: “The administration’s proposal to radically consolidate more than two dozen K–12 programs ...
The special meeting of Instructure (Salt Lake City) shareholders to consider the acquisition of the company by the private equity Thoma Bravo was adjourned on Feb. 14 and will ...
Chalk (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) provides an enterprise platform that helps districts map curriculum, instruction and assessment to ensure the elements are integrated and tied back ...
CLASS is the flagship assessment and professional development system from Teachstone (Charlottesville, VA) that was built to use research-driven insights to improve how teachers ...
Growing PreK-12 interest in social and emotional learning is giving added relevance to Everyday Speech (Boston), the company founded in 2012 by speech-language pathologist Brittany ...
Vernier Software & Technology (Beaverton, OR) has expanded its product line and is extending its focus into middle school, prompted by requests from educators and aided by ...
Flinn Scientific (Batavia, IL), an established supplier of science supplies and equipment, has broadened its focus through acquisitions and partnerships. Head of corporate development ...
MassiveU (Naples, FL), a digital education technology company focused on problem- and project-based social learning, in February launched its new digital learning platform Solvably, ...
The Department of Education in January granted flexibility to four states under the Education Flexibility Program, which was updated as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act. While ...
Reading assessment provider Lexplore (Verona, NJ) in February launched a free online course to help schools more effectively incorporate phonics into literacy instruction. Shifting to ...