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Educational technology, or ed-tech, shares some crucial similarities with fintech. In both markets, products and services are sold across B2B, B2C, or B2G models, and both markets draw on data (and ...

At least since the Clinton era, the education technology sector has often been hailed as a catalyst that will fundamentally transform global education systems. As of 2023, the market had ballooned to ...

In the world of venture capital and business start-ups, the greatest measure of success is a company that is valued at more than $1 billion and earns over $100 million annually. These businesses are ...

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Education technology products will have to meet safety standards under government plans announced by the Department for ...

The number of ed-tech products school districts use in a single school year has surged over the past five years. With an influx of federal funding as part of pandemic relief aid, schools purchased ...

Held in Chicago, this year’s event tackles how educational technology can foster collaboration, innovation and safer learning environments to improve student outcomes. At the CoSN 2026 Annual ...

I was dismayed to recently encounter this headline in The New York Times: “Dependence on Tech Caused ‘Staggering’ Education Inequality, U.N. Agency Says.” The Times story highlighted a UNESCO report ...

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an urgent advisory: “The pandemic era's unfathomable number of deaths, pervasive sense of fear, economic instability, ...

Schools are suffused in screens, and the backlash has begun. Dozens of states are banning phones even as district leaders champion new action plans for AI. What’s the right way forward? In his new ...

Taashi Rowe is a former managing editor for EdTech: Focus on K-12 magazine. According to a recent survey from Clever about ed tech, 68 percent of teachers cite efficiency gains as ed tech’s main ...