Google is taking a silent step into the ed data space by buying BrightBytes
Google has confirmed to EdSurge that it bought educational data company BrightBytes for an undisclosed amount sometime around mid-May 2022. ...
ISTE will likely merge with ASCD to form a new organization
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), a non-profit long focused on the improvement of K-12 education through technology....
Transcend Education’s new database aims to open up K-12 innovation
One of the themes that we discuss on this site is how difficult it can be to change the way...
BYJU’s receives a clean bill of health from Deloitte
BYJU’s received an “unqualified” report from Deloitte last week, to the relief of the Indian government and BYJU’s investors alike....
The EdTech world is changed
I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. The world...
2U is laying off 20% of its workforce
Online program manager (OPM) 2U, Inc has announced a 20% layoff. OPMs have been in congressional crosshairs lately. 2U’s business...
The House Appropriations Committee is Coming for OPMs
A couple months ago we reported that the Government Accountability Office wanted the Dept. of Education to monitor tuition sharing...
Review of ‘Weapons of Math Destruction’ by Cathy O’Neil
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil Cathy O’Neil’s Weapons of Math...
Whitehouse Releases a List of Ways to Best Use ESSER Funding
The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Funds are three phases of funding which were created as part of...
Six Great Math Games for Every Age
In Failure to Disrupt, Justin Reich proposes that math education is the subject most enhanced by the use of Edtech....