- by Sarah Schmidt
- June 28 2021
- education
- enrollment
Birth Rates Impact Enrollment and the Educational Resources Market
Birth rates in the U.S. were declining even before COVID-19, which looks to be another drag on them.
- by Sarah Schmidt
- May 21 2021
- education
- education funding
- educational technology
Webinar Recap: The State of K-12 Education in 2021
Simba Information’s Managing Editor and Senior Analyst Kathy Mickey joined a panel in a recent webinar of experts by Westchester Education Services. Read how schools have adapted to educate students and support teachers during COVID-19 and what to expect as we look ahead to the new school year.
- by Kathy Mickey
- April 15 2021
- adaptive learning
- books
- education
- education funding
- educational media
- educational tablets
Companies Offer Guidance as Federal Stimulus Funding Flows
With the passage in March of a third COVID-19 relief bill, an unprecedented flow of money is coming to U.S. K-12 schools.
- by Kathy Mickey
- January 19 2021
- curriculum
- education
- k-12
- K-12 products
- schools
K-12 Focus in 2021: Getting Back to School
Expectations are that K-12 learning will take place in a mix of in-person, remote and hybrid models through the rest of the 20-21 school year. As a result, this blog covers some issues that Simba Information expects to play out in the coming year.
- by Daniel Granderson
- January 5 2021
- books
- open access books
- open access journals
- publishing
Did You Know...Open Access Book Publishing Edition
Enjoy this fast fact from Simba Information’s report, "Open Access Book Publishing 2020-2024"
- by Dan Strempel
- December 10 2020
- books
- monographs
- open access books
- open access journals
- publishing
Cost of Open Access Book Publishing Goes Under the Microscope
No lunch is free, but OA’s price tag has some losing their appetite
- by Kathy Mickey
- September 1 2020
- academic publishing
- education market
- k-12
- K-12 products
- prek-12
- prek-12 market
- publishing
Simba Expects K-12 Industry to See Some--but Low--Growth by 2023
This blog is based on the new Simba Information report "Publishing for the PreK-12 Market, 2020-2021"
- by Kathy Mickey
- July 14 2020
- digital learning
- education
- education market
- prek-12
- prek-12 market
- schools
Flexibility Is Key for Professional Learning in COVID-19 Pandemic
The coronavirus crisis accelerated some trends that were happening already in both student and professional learning, most notably a move to digital learning.
- by Kathy Mickey
- June 26 2020
- education
- education market
- enrollment
- prek
- prek-12
- prek-12 market
Enrollment & Demographics Impact the Educational Resources Market
For PreK-12 educational publishers looking to address the needs of a changing student body, a good source of information is Simba Information's June 2020 report, "PreK-12 Enrollment and Demographics, 2020-2021."
- by Kathy Mickey
- May 13 2020
- instructional materials
- prek-12
- prek-12 market
PreK-12 Instructional Materials Industry Adapts to New Market Dynamics
"PreK-12 Instructional Materials Industry Competitive Analysis, 2020" from Simba Information examines how K-12 instructional resource providers are faring in light of various market environmental factors. Obviously, the biggest environmental factor currently is the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.
