- by Kathy Mickey
- August 23 2017
- education
- education market
- educational technology
- instructional materials
Why Instructional Materials Need to Personalize Learning
After more than a decade of big changes dictated by Washington, D.C., states are now re-asserting their individual goals.
- by Karen Meaney
- August 22 2017
- Ed tech
- education
- education market
- educational tablets
- educational technology
LEGO Expands Education Resources for New School Year
Created by educators for educators, LEGO Education lesson plans are filtered by duration, difficulty, subject, grade level, and product.
- by Karen Meaney
- August 7 2017
- Ed tech
- education
- educational tablets
- educational technology
- iPads
Apple's iPad is Most Popular Tablet in Schools
Citing data from NPD, Apple said the iPad had a 55% share of the U.S. tablet market, up from a 46% share one year ago. Also, the company produced eight of the 10 best-selling tablets.
- by Kathy Mickey
- August 1 2017
- education
- education market
- instructional materials
B&N Ed Signs on to Anti-Counterfeit Initiative
Barnes & Noble Education (Basking Ridge, NJ) signed on to a college publisher initiative to counteract counterfeits of print textbooks on July 31
- by Noah Miller
- July 5 2017
- Ed tech
- education market
- educational technology
- k-12
What We Learned Talking to District Administrators About Social Studies and Science
We are seeing a transformation across Education as materials move from print to digital, learning moves from memorization to experience, and content selection moves from textbook adoption to curriculum curation.
- by Karen Meaney
- June 16 2017
- education market
- enrollment
- prek-12
- prek-12 market
Interest in Providing Diverse Language Education Resources in PreK-12 Grows
U.S. school districts are educating students speaking a variety of languages, and PreK-12 educators in those districts have concerns about the breadth and quality of instructional materials available for their students.
- by Karen Meaney
- June 12 2017
- Ed tech
- educational tablets
- k-12
- K-12 products
Does the K-12 Tablet Market Mirror the Broader Worldwide Market for Tablet Computers?
The appetite worldwide for tablet computers, as tracked by International Data Corp., shows a declining market with unit shipments for full year 2016 down 15.6% from 2015—the second straight year of decreasing shipments. Slate tablets - tablets without a dedicated keyboard - continue to decline in sales.
- by Karen Meaney
- May 17 2017
- curriculum
- education
- educational media
- k-12
- Reading
- Simba
Are New Standards Changing Reading Instruction and Curriculum Selection?
With schools moving to implement more rigorous standards, some changes are occurring in reading instruction and the resources used for that instruction, although much remains the same.
- by Noah Miller
- April 21 2017
- digital learning
- education
- education market
- instructional materials
Three Course Materials Changes College Publishers Should Know About
The idea of a ‘traditional’ higher education is changing with declining enrollment rates, students’ preference for technology, and open education resources that threaten the market’s older publishers.
- by Noah Miller
- March 27 2017
- data
- education market
- market research
- Mediterranean cuisine
- Professional Publishing
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