Google is making improvements to its college search feature to provide students with more detailed information on their college options.
NewSchools Venture Fund said it would invest up to $200,000 to help open innovative public schools and between $100,000 and $200,000 for programs focused on growing, advancing and supporting Black and Latinx leadership in education. The total fund is $8 million.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/08/19
Nearly one in five principals — 18 percent — in public schools leave their positions year over year, and that rate is even higher in high-poverty schools — 21 percent.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 07/31/19
Parent engagement app Bloomz is offering $10,000 to one school's parent-teacher association as part of the company's Spring Cleaning giveaway.
Technology and consulting firm School by Design has been acquired by Abl, a developer of school scheduling software.
A new study finds the lack of information sharing between parents and teachers can serve as a barrier to student success.
Should career readiness be the first priority of American education, beginning in middle school? And could a focus on that lead to greater equity in the workforce? Those are a couple of the beliefs at the heart of a new whitepaper produced by a coalition of representatives from government, industry, education and nonprofits.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/06/19
An education technology company with a K-12 student success platform has added functionality to track and manage interventions. Panorama Education's new system of supports is part of its Panorama Student Success platform.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/06/19
America's Promise has just launched a program called the YES Project, a national endeavor to bring young people, employers and others together to support creation of a robust youth workforce. The goal of the YES Project is to achieve full employment for people ages 16 to 24 by the year 2030.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/01/19
The Tulsa-based school district is the first in the U.S. to start offering digital diplomas and transcripts using Learning Machine's blockchain-based open standard for digital credentials.