- by Dan Strempel
- March 27 2018
E-Books an Emerging Market for Scholarly and Professional Publishers
While most scholarly and professional publishers have adopted strategies to find new growth in emerging markets, e-books are one space where the focus is on North America.
- by Karen Meaney
- March 27 2018
- education
- education market
- educational media
- prek-12
- prek-12 market
Renaissance Acquires myON Digital Literacy Platform
Renaissance in March acquired myON, adding more digital options to the company’s literacy solutions. The intent is to pair myON’s digital content library and literacy tools with Renaissance’s reading practice and assessment offerings to deliver a comprehensive suite of reading solutions to educators and students.
- by Kathy Mickey
- March 22 2018
- education
- education market
- educational media
- k-12
- K-12 products
Selling K-12 Social Studies
Simba Information’s "2017 National Instructional Materials Adoption Scorecard and 2018 Outlook" is the most recent addition to the Simba Knowledge Center.
- by Kathy Mickey
- March 19 2018
- academic publishing
- education
- publishing
Reducing the Cost of College Course Materials
Higher education publishers and distributors are ramping up their efforts to change the way college students acquire and access course materials, increasingly with the support of institutions and faculty.
- by Daniel Granderson
- March 16 2018
- classroom
- Ed tech
- education
- educational technology
- k-12
- K-12 products
- schools
- technology
The Role of Technology in Schools of the Future
In personalized education--where each student works on unique problems and projects, tackles new subjects at his or her own pace, and moves forward only when reaching competency--goes hand-in-hand with technology.
- by Karen Meaney
- January 30 2018
- education market
- k-12
- STEM
New Opportunities for Science Resource Providers
As schools adopt the Next Generation Science Standards and broaden science instruction in the classroom to STEM, there is growing educator interest in acquiring new resources to meet changing needs
- by Noah Miller
- January 24 2018
- education
- education funding
- education market
- instructional materials
What's Driving College Course Materials in 2018 & Beyond?
Several forces are at work in the U.S. market for higher education instructional materials, which Simba Information believes likely will have a long-term impact on the role of course materials in colleges and universities in the coming years.
- by Karen Meaney
- January 17 2018
- Ed tech
- education
- education market
- educational technology
Education Technology Acquisitions Continue as 2017 Turns to 2018
Private equity companies were big players in the educational technology market in 2017 as they continued to be flush with cash in a generally good economy where interest rates remained low.
- by Kathy Mickey
- January 9 2018
- education
- education market
- educational technology
Data and Technology Lead to Change in Executive Suites
The large traditional educational publishers have been staking outposts (or headquarters) in urban innovation areas to tap a new recruiting pool and to help cloak themselves the aura of technological change.
- by Karen Meaney
- December 13 2017
- Ed tech
- education
Companies Looking to Grow Tell Their Stories
December marks the holiday season and a time when companies looking to enter or grow in the educational resources market tell their stories and solicit funding, partners and wisdom.
