K-12 Business Innovation

Go in-depth on coverage and analysis of the cutting edge education research, product development, and other forces driving innovation in the K-12 market
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Product Development Industry Insight Why Accessibility Will Be the Next Big Demand From K-12 Districts
Many innovations are likely to focus on helping teachers focused on disabilities improve their crafts, a prominent advocate predicts.
Emma Kate Fittes, November 7, 2024
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Regulation & Policy K-12 Market News British Government Launching ‘Content Store’ Designed to Nurture Better AI Classroom Resources
The $5 million effort will collect curriculum, lessons, and assessments to feed product development.
Emma Kate Fittes, September 12, 2024
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Meeting District Needs Industry Insight Why "Single-Point Solutions" Fail to Drive Ed-Tech Innovation
The pressure to scale up digital innovations can get in the way of potential breakthroughs across districts, says the CEO of the Learning Accelerator.
Michelle Caffrey, April 5, 2024
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Product Development Industry Insight From Runaway to Responsible AI: How Ethical Practices Can Match Ed-Tech Innovation
The chief product and innovation officer of PowerSchool talks about six principles to promote the responsible development of AI.
Alexandria Ng, February 23, 2024
10 min read
Meeting District Needs K-12 Market News How to Improve Digital Equity? Focus on Strengthening 'Human Capacity' to Use Tech
At the ISTE conference, educators and advocates identified effective professional development as critical to making sure classroom tech is used widely, and fairly.
Emma Kate Fittes, June 28, 2023
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Product Development K-12 Market News Can Artificial Intelligence Bring Greater Equity to STEM? ETS Joins Federal Effort to Find Out
The longtime education organization ETS is joining an federally-funded effort to research and develop new artificial intelligence technologies
Emma Kate Fittes, May 10, 2023
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Education Market K-12 Market News 4 Trends in AI That Education Companies Should Watch
Eleven countries -- though not the U.S. -- have officially endorsed and implemented a K–12 AI curriculum, a new report finds.
Emma Kate Fittes, April 11, 2023
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Strategy & Operations K-12 Insider How ChatGPT Could Transform the Work of Education Companies
Company leaders should consider AI not only for their products and services, but also internal workflows and processes.
Emma Kate Fittes, February 21, 2023
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Product Development K-12 Insider Message to Companies: Stop Developing Ed-Tech Products for 'One Classroom, One Teacher'
The dean of Arizona State University’s teacher college talks about a new model for instructional being taken up by districts, and how ed-tech providers can support classrooms.
Emma Kate Fittes, June 9, 2022
8 min read
Product Development Industry Insight How Ed-Tech Developers Can Get It Right on Augmented and Virtual Reality Products
A researcher for the Joan Ganz Cooney Center breaks down the opportunities -- and risks -- for school districts in adopting immersive technologies.
Brian Bradley, December 8, 2021
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