- by Kathy Mickey
- November 22 2017
- Ed tech
- education
- education market
- educational technology
- k-12
- k12 math
Partnering for OER and Improving Math Skills
Math technology curriculum and services provider Carnegie Learning (Pittsburgh) in November partnered with open educational resources provider OpenStax (Houston) to provide a single, affordable learning solution for developmental math.
- by Karen Meaney
- November 17 2017
- Ed tech
- education
- education market
- educational technology
Are Schools Ready for Digital Learning?
Schools have put in place much of the infrastructure they need as they move toward digital learning environments, but work remains to be done.
- by Karen Meaney
- October 31 2017
- Ed tech
- education market
- educational television
- instructional materials
Trends in the World Languages Instructional Materials Market
Instructional materials for high school world language learning represent a $150 million dollar market opportunity, according to EMC school, a major instructional materials market competitor.
- by Dan Strempel
- October 26 2017
- ACA
- Health Care Publishing
U.S. Healthcare Uncertainty Infects Medical Publishing Market
Repeal and replace fell flat and the bipartisan deal on health insurance reform seems unlikely — cracks in the Affordable Care Act have turned to fissures that threaten to swallow one fifth of the U.S. economy.
- by Dan Strempel
- October 24 2017
- Professional Publishing
- publishing
- STM
- technology
Artificial Intelligence Set for Big Role in Scientific & Technical Publishing
Intelligent technology one day becoming ubiquitous, leaving us all jobless and at the mercy of machines, is a notion deeply rooted in science fiction for most people. But truth is sometimes stranger than science fiction.
- by Noah Miller
- October 18 2017
- digital learning
- education market
- instructional materials
- online education
The Digital Transformation of College Course Materials
New print textbooks are no longer the dominant format of higher education course materials, as covered in Simba's new report, State of College Course Materials 2016-2017
- by Karen Meaney
- October 17 2017
- education market
- instructional materials
- prek-12 market
- publishing
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Builds Executive Team
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt appointed new executives in October who will report directly to president and CEO Jack Lynch.
- by Karen Meaney
- October 12 2017
- education funding
- education market
- instructional materials
- k-12
- K-12 products
Benchmark in LA and Other Adoption News
Benchmark Education (New Rochelle, NY) took the K-5 schools in Los Angeles by storm this year in the elementary adoption of English language arts programs.
- by Karen Meaney
- October 4 2017
- Ed tech
- education
- education funding
- education market
- STEM
Trump Targets Expanding Access to Computer Science Education
The new initiative comes amid continued calls from technology companies for more skills training and reformed worker visas to fill high-demand technology and engineering roles and technology company executives generally reacted positively.
- by Kathy Mickey
- September 29 2017
- courseware
- education market
- instructional materials
- open access books
The Affordable Textbook Act is Reintroduced
Conjuring up Jack Nicholson in “The Shining” or repetitive efforts to repeal The Affordable Care Act, The Affordable College Textbook Act was re-introduced September 26 in Congress
