EdBizWatch

Obama’s Privacy Proposal: Who’s Game, Who’s Crying ‘Foul’?

What makes stakeholders optimistic and what concerns them?

Obama’s Privacy Proposal: Who’s Game, Who’s Crying ‘Foul’? Mary Jo Madda, edSurge

Where Are All the Venture Dollars Going in Ed-Tech?

K-12 has started to see a significant uptick.

Where Are All the Venture Dollars Going in Ed-Tech? Lauren Landry, BostInno

A Closer Look at K12 Edtech Funding in 2014

The top ten investments accounted for over half the funding.

A Closer Look at K12 Edtech Funding in 2014, Vivek Murali, edSurge

Clever Raises $30 Million, Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners

Co platform allows schools to manage all their apps via a single login. 

Clever Raises $3oM for ‘Single Login’ Education-Tech App, Lizette Chapman, WSJ

Cornering a Missed Pocket of the Ed-Tech Market

New report looks at demand side of edtech & glimpse at school systems unrealized needs.

Cornering a Missed Pocket of the Ed-Tech Market, Julia Freeland, Entrepreneur

Investments Decline As Education Technology Grows Up

A convergence of common core & technology have come together to create this demand.

Investments Decline As Education Technology Grows Up, Jonathan Shiever, TechCrunch

Student-Login Chaos Fueling Software Password Upgrades

About "single sign-on," or SSO, technology that provides one set of login information.

Student-Login Chaos Fueling Software Password Upgrades, Benjamin Herold, Ed Week

What Will Happen to ‘Big Data’ In Education?

Yesterday, a $100 million startup lost its last customer.

What Will Happen to ‘Big Data’ In Education? Anya Kamenetz, Mind/Shift

Clever Raises $10.3 Million from Sequoia, Others

Company's platform integrates with DreamBox, Imagine Learning, MasteryConnect...

Clever Raises $10.3 Million from Sequoia, Others, Liz Gannes, Re/Code

Engrade Sells For ~$50 Million to McGraw-Hill

It will move away from e-textbooks and toward a future of SaaS.

Engrade Sells For ~$50M to McGraw-Hill, Rip Empson, TechCrunch

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: Data vs Privacy

You hear in tech circles, “privacy is dead,” uttered by those with a stake in our personal data.

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: Data vs Privacy, Audrey Watters, Hack Education

Clever Raises $10 Million from Sequoia

Company provides standardized API for K-12 to get data to outside developers.

Clever Raises $10 Million from Sequoia, Ryan Lawler, TechCrunch

Smart Cities: San Francisco

10 yrs ago it was all about Silicon Valley, but now Oakland is emerging as an edtech hotspot.

Smart Cities: San Francisco, Tom Vander Ark, Getting Smart

Finalists at the SIIA EdTech Business Forum

Profiles of Clever, LearnSprout, Mathalicious, C8 Sciences, mSchool, Handhold Adaptive.

SIIA ETBF: I Laughed, I Cried, I Fell in Love (w/ a few startups), Tom Segal, Education Week

Clever Raises $3 Million from Several Y Combinator Partners

One day, Co-Founder Bosmeny said, "all education software will plug into Clever."

Clever Makes Teaching with Technology Easy as 123, Rebecca Grant, VentureBeat