- 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 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 Karen Meaney
- March 9 2020
- education
- education funding
- public school
- schools
More Money Could Flow to Schools from the States in Fiscal 2021
As governors across the states begin first-quarter rollouts of budget proposals for fiscal 2021, some common themes are seen across budget proposals in some big states.
- by Kathy Mickey
- October 15 2019
- education
- k-12
- K-12 products
- prek-12
- prek-12 market
- schools
- testing
Schools Test Changes to Measuring Student Achievement
The period from 2000 through 2018 as schools went through the No Child Left Behind and Common Core eras saw intensifying pressure around testing and led to the more recent movement to reduce the amount of time spent taking tests and preparing for them. The state of the industry and the market appears to be calming down.
- by Karen Meaney
- September 26 2019
- education
- education market
- educational media
- instructional materials
- schools
Social Studies Market is Strong in 2019
"K-12 Social Studies Market Survey Report 2019" provides information on what resources educators are using for social studies instruction and sizes the dollar value of the market for social studies instructional materials in 2019.
- by Kathy Mickey
- August 7 2018
- academic publishing
- educational technology
- k-12
- K-12 products
- prek-12
- prek-12 market
- schools
K-12 Publishers Adapt to Changing Demand in Schools
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Publishers are approaching changes in the PreK-12 instructional materials market in different ways
- by Karen Meaney
- July 2 2018
- digital learning
- education
- education funding
- educational tablets
- educational technology
- k-12
- K-12 products
- schools
Educators Look for “Integrated Ala Carte”
School technology leaders increasingly report that they have infrastructure in place and student devices deployed, but they are still working on ways to use that technology to improve classroom instruction.
- by Karen Meaney
- June 15 2018
- education
- educational technology
- k-12
- K-12 products
- schools
Looking to the Future of K-12 Education
A window into the future of education can be seen in the accelerator programs supporting educational technology development and in the changes schools are making to get ready for new ways to teach and learn.
- by Karen Meaney
- May 17 2018
- classroom
- education
- educational technology
- k-12
- K-12 products
- public school
- schools
Robots Coming to Classrooms to Engage Young Students
Companies are offering, and schools are considering, more options for using robots in primary education as research indicates children are capable of STEM learning at an early age.
- by Kathy Mickey
- May 8 2018
- education
- educational technology
- k-12
- K-12 products
- public school
- schools
Pushing out Walls and Shunning Desks for New Ways of Learning
Schools of the future typically include plenty of open spaces, including learning commons, makerspaces and wide hallways to encourage collaboration.
