edBiz Newsletter

A Newsletter for Education Business Leaders

Todd Hand
Managing Director and Education Principal
todd@bsgtv.com

Ralph Protsik
Co-Founder and Managing Director
ralph@bsgtv.com

Mary Axelson
Editor


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Forbes | Best Executive Recruiting Firms 2018
Recent Podcasts from Todd Hand

Active searches

Learning Ally, VP of School Sales and Account Management
KIPP Texas, Chief People Officer
KIPP Texas, Chief Financial Officer
Thinkful, Chief Operations Officer
Confidential CEO search in Pre-K
Confidential CMO search in K-12
Two confidential board searches


Closed 2017-2018 searches

Walton Family Foundation, Senior Advisor
Edmentum, President and CEO
Rosetta Stone, CEO
Camelot Education, CEO
AltSchool, Board of Directors
AltSchool, Chief Impact Officer
Sotheby's Institute of Art, Senior Director, Global Admissions and Recruitment
The School of The New York Times, Director, Pre-College Division
HelioCampus, SVP, Market Development
KIPP Texas, Chief Operating Officer
Revolution Foods, VP Sales
KIPP Foundation, Chief of Programs and Impact
CIG Education Group, Vice President, Global Information and Technology
American Public University System (APUS), President
Burning Glass, VP Business Development
OnCourse Learning, Chief Technology Officer; Chief Marketing Officer
Turnitin/Insight Venture Partners, SVP Sales
eDynamic Learning, SVP Sales & Marketing
Quad Partners, Chief Financial Officer; Chief Marketing Officer
InsideTrack, SVP Program Development
Voyager Sopris Learning, President
Elsevier, Head of Adaptive Solutions
GEMS Education, Chief Financial Officer
Cambridge Education Group, General Manager
Catapult Learning, VP Sales
MeTEOR Education, VP Growth Strategies
Illuminate Education, VP Sales
Center for the Collaborative Classroom, Chief Technology Officer
Human Capital Institute, Chief Learning Officer; Chief Marketing Officer
ILSC, Managing Director
Jones & Bartlett Learning, VP Content Production
Penn Foster, EVP Business Solutions; General Counsel
Teachers for Tomorrow, Chief Revenue Officer
Tiber Health (a University Ventures portfolio company), Chief Product Officer




Sources

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  • Computer World
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  • Education Next
  • Education Sector
  • Education Week
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  • eLearn Magazine
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  • Fast Company
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  • GettingSmart.com
  • Harvard Business Review
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  • Huffington Post
  • Inside Higher Ed
  • IT World
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  • Politico
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  • Slate
  • The Stifel Equity Research Group
  • Social Science Research Network
  • TechCrunch
  • Tech Radar
  • T.H.E. Journal
  • Thomas B. Fordham Institute
  • Time
  • University Business
  • University Ventures
  • University World News
  • US News & World Report
  • Wall Street Journal
  • Washington Post
  • Venture Beat

K-12

EdWeek Market Brief: New Venture Capital Flowing Into Education, With Parent-Focused Products In Mind
Reach Capital, one of the most active venture capital firms in schools, has launched a new $82 million fund that is putting a priority on backing companies that are delivering information directly to parents about schools, lessons, and child development...more>>
EdWeek Market Brief: K-12 Dealmaking
Knewton Raises $25 Million; Barnes & Noble Education Acquires PaperRater.com...more>>
K-12 Dealmaking:
Wonderschool Raises $20 Million; littleBits Acquires DIY...more>>
Observatory: The future of testing: from multiple choice to videos and simulations
The testing method of 400,000 students in the United States is changing from how much they can memorize to what they know and how they use critical thinking to solve problems due to a new end of course evaluation by the Indianapolis-based STEM education nonprofit Project Lead the Way (PLTW)...more>>
Chalkbeat: Lifting the veil on education’s newest big donor: Inside Chan Zuckerberg’s $300 million push to reshape schools
...The organization has given $308 million in education grants since January 2016, when CZI took its current form. After inquiries from Chalkbeat, the organization provided that total, which has not been previously disclosed, as well as details of 19 specific grants...more>>
EdSurge: More Popular Than Gmail, Facebook and Instagram: The Education App That Hit #1 on the iOS Chart
According to both Apple and App Annie, a website that tracks the popularity of mobile apps by number of new downloads, Remind, a school communications platform, took the #1 spot on the chart of free iOS apps...more>>
Observatory: Almost 90 percent of parents believe tech boosts education, according to a Microsoft survey
The research shows the opinion of 1011 parents of children under 19 years of age. In general, the answers are optimistic, however, many of them show uncertainty about the consequences of the excessive use of electronic devices at home and, on the other hand, ask for greater involvement and responsibility from technology companies such as Apple, Google or Microsoft...more>>
Venture Beat: Roblox raises $150 million as its user-created game world surpasses 70 million players
Roblox has raised $150 million in a new round of funding aimed at expanding the international growth of its social platform for user-generated games...Roblox also recently introduced Roblox Education, an initiative comprised of free, open-source curriculum for educators, summer coding camps, and an online coding challenge aimed at teaching coding fundamentals...more>>
Venture Beat: Sphero launches Sphero Bolt, a light-up robot ball for education
It's been roughly two years since Sphero - the folks behind 2016's adorable BB-8 robot - announced Sprk+, a plastic, programmable, app-enabled robot ball that teaches coding...more>>
EdSurge: Makeblock Raises $44 Million to Bring STEAM Robots and Kits Across the Globe
Makeblock, a Chinese company based in Shenzhen, has raised 300 million yuan (approximately US$44 million) in a Series C round led by CICC ALPHA. Other investors include Yuexiu Industrial Investment Fund, GX Capital and Everest Capital. This latest found gives the company an estimated $367 million valuation...more>>
EdDive: Survey finds 85% of underserved students own only one digital device
New research on students who took the ACT test, conducted by the ACT Center for Equity in Learning, found that 85% of underserved (meaning low income, minority, or first generation in college) students had access to only one device at home, most often a smartphone...more>>
EdDive: Gallup superintendent survey finds growing concerns around civics preparation
"Leadership Perspectives on Public Education: The Gallup 2018 Survey of K-12 School District Superintendents" shows significant concern among district leaders in regard to preparing students to be engaged citizens, with 74% agreeing or strongly agreeing that doing so presents a challenge, compared to 50% last year...more>>
9To5 Mac: Making The Grade: Digital textbooks for iPad never took off, and here's why
When the iPad was released was back in 2010, many people in the education industry saw it as a way to end the large backpacks that children have to carry back and forth to school. To sum it up, that mainly hasn't happened...more>>
EdWeek Market Brief: China's Biggest Private Ed. Company to Invest $220 Million in School Tech Market
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, which describes itself as the biggest provider of private educational services in China, has announced it will make a $220 million investment in ed-tech companies there...more>>
EdSurge: Behind the Scenes of TED-Ed's Wildly Popular YouTube Channel for Students
When Kim Preshoff's students watch some animated TED-Ed videos, they don't know that she was the one who came up with the lessons and wrote the scripts until the credits roll...more>>
The 74: When Higher Functioning Follows Form: Special-Needs Students Flourish in Sensory-Designed Schools
Like other superintendents throughout the country, Connie Hayes has spent recent years puzzling over two related trends: Students in her district's schools require special education services at younger and younger ages, and their needs are increasingly complex...more>>
Education Week: Characteristics of Effective Tech Coaching in Schools Explored in New Report
A $6.5-million, Google-funded effort to improve the quality of technology coaching for teachers showed positive signs in its first year, according to a new report...more>>
EdTech Magazine: Video Games Score Points with Teachers on Academic Benefits
New educational opportunities arise as competitive mainstream video games and education continue to mix...more>>
EdSurge: How Crowdfunding Is Matching Teacher Requests to District Tech Policies
Far from the bustle of bake sales and car washes, crowdfunding sites have made it easy for teachers, schools and even district officials to ask for donations of school supplies. Yet some schools hesitate to use such a powerful resource...more>>
Forbes: Teaching After Hours: The Rise Of International Online Teaching
After teaching all day long, most teachers want to go home and rest. But with meager teacher salaries, many teachers take on additional jobs to make ends meet...more>>
Education Week: Teacher Strikes Are Heating Up in More States
The momentum from the historic wave of statewide teacher strikes last spring seems set to continue this school year...more>>
Economic Policy Institute: The teacher pay penalty has hit a new high
Trends in the teacher wage and compensation gaps through 2017...more>>
Learning Policy Institute: Making ESSA's Equity Promise Real: State Strategies to Close the Opportunity Gap
It is well-documented that students of color, and other historically underserved students, have had less access to an equitable and supportive learning environment, perpetuating school failure and, too often, a school-to-prison pipeline that is difficult to escape...more>>
Education Week: Betsy DeVos Is Not Popular, But Is Approval for School Choice Increasing?
The academic journal Education Next released its annual survey of public attitudes about education on Tuesday. And in the 2018 results, overall approval ratings for charter schools and universal private school vouchers (for all parents with children in public schools) rose, as well as narrower approval ratings among both Democrats and Republicans...more>>
Here & Now: Family Income Affects Kids' Success More Than Public Vs. Private School, Study Finds
It's a common refrain among parents: "I wish I could send my kids to private school." The subtext, of course, is that expensive private schools give kids a better education, which leads to better career opportunities and a more successful life...more>>
Education Week: Quality Counts 2018
A broad range of factors go into weighing how well the nation's schools are living up to their responsibility to ensure that students are on track academically and prepared to take their place in a complex, ever-changing society...more>>
Edutopia: How Restorative Justice Helps Students Learn
Restorative justice allows everyone affected by a harm to return to a calm state that is optimal for learning...more>>
Chalkbeat: New education research? A good chance it's from North Carolina
...North Carolina students aren't more interesting or easier to find. But a disproportionate share of education research - and therefore, a disproportionate amount of what we know about how certain policies work - comes out of the Tar Heel State...more>>
The 74: The State of School Security Spending: Here's How States Have Poured $900 Million Into Student Safety Since the Parkland Shooting
...The amounts ranged widely by state, from $300,000 in Missouri to $400 million in Florida. They include only what's being spent this year, though some states allocated a larger amount over a few years. Most of the money was spent on security upgrades and school resource officers, but the tally also includes funding allocated for mental health programs, violence prevention, emergency planning, and anonymous phone and texting tip lines...more>>
Quartz: Schools are using AI to track what students write on their computers
Over 50 million k-12 students will go back to school in the US this month. For many of them using a school computer, every word they type will be tracked...more>>
EdTech Magazine: Technologies Schools Must Have to Stop Ransomware
Schools can turn to endpoint protection, patch management, whitelisting to stay free of malware...more>>

Higher Ed

Inside Higher Ed: A Tipping Point for Accreditors
Q&A with the co-editors of an anthology of essays on accreditation about new challenges for the college oversight bodies...more>>
TechCrunch: Will big brands disrupt higher education?
In the years to come, who will hospitality hiring managers trust to credential students: Cornell University or the Four Seasons? Will it be Google or Penn State that sets the standards that determine who qualifies as a good computer programmer? Could GE define competency in aeronautic engineering rather than Vaughn College?...more>>
Inside Higher Ed: Student Spending on Course Materials Plummets
A decade ago, students spent an average of $701 per year on required course materials. Now, according to the latest data from the National Association of College Stores, they are spending under $500...more>>
Hechinger: Is college enrollment among older adults increasing? Depends who you ask
The latest federal report clashes with other estimates...more>>
Inside Higher Ed: For International Students, Shifting Choices of Where to Study
With international student enrollments falling or stagnating at the top two study destinations -- the U.S. and U.K. -- what does the picture look like around the world?...more>>
Inside Higher Ed: 'A New U: Faster + Cheaper Alternatives to College'
A Q&A with Ryan Craig, investor and author of a new book about the changing landscape for education and training credentials and the implications for traditional higher education...more>>
Chronicle: With Employers in the Mix, Can Badges Become More Than a Fad?
For years colleges have been mulling how to design badges that highlight the skills that make students more hirable. But these efforts have typically been missing a key ingredient: buy-in from employers...more>>
Chronicle: What's in Store for Ed Tech? An Annual Report for Leaders Lays It Out
When it comes to education technology, it can be hard for higher-education leaders to separate fads from paradigm shifts: MOOCs rose and fell, but learning analytics are now a part of campus life. Each year the "NMC Horizon Report," a blend of prognostication and analysis by a panel of experts, tries to sort it all out...more>>
EdDive: St. Louis U brings Alexa to every dorm room on campus
...The 2,300 voice-enabled devices on campus will come with preinstalled skills to provide answers to more than 100 questions about the college, such as "What time does the library close tonight?" and "Where is the registrar's office?"...more>>
The Atlantic: Why Is College in America So Expensive?
Before the automobile, before the Statue of Liberty, before the vast majority of contemporary colleges existed, the rising cost of higher education was shocking the American conscience...more>>
Chronicle: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Teaching
New technologies promise to make the classroom experience more interactive and personal, but they also raise concerns about ethics and privacy...more>>
EdSurge: MasterClass Masters Series D Round Worth $80 Million
Udacity and Coursera competitor Masterclass, a platform where celebrities host online classes, has raised $80 million in a Series D round led by venture fund IVP that also included Javelin Ventures, NEA, Advancit Capital, Atomico and Evolution Media, reports TechCrunch...more>>
EdDive: Workforce development, entrepreneurship are growing priorities for public research universities
Land grant and other large research universities are taking on the mantle of workforce development and fostering entrepreneurship - long the domain of community colleges and vocational programs - and that federal government partnerships are essential to doing so, the Association of Public & Land-grant Universities explained in a policy position paper released Wednesday...more>>
U.S. News: Best Colleges
U.S. News provides nearly 50 different types of numerical rankings and lists to help students narrow their college search. From National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges to A-Plus Schools for B Students, find the right one for you...more>>
WSJ: Public Schools Make Gains in WSJ/THE College Rankings
Despite lagging behind private colleges in terms of resources, more public schools made the top 100...more>>
EdDive: Amazon expands Alexa Fund, growing tech investment in higher ed research
Amazon announced Tuesday that it is expanding its Amazon Alexa Fellowship to 18 colleges during the 2018-19 academic year from four last year...more>>
Encoura: Start Them Young: 4 New Findings on College Search
Eduventures' new Student Sentiment Survey, based on a national sample of 4,700 high school students, examines the college search behaviors and communication preferences of Generation Z (Gen Z). Focusing on sophomores may not pay off immediately, but four key findings indicate that they are already paying attention to you...more>>
EdSurge: As the Higher Ed Opportunity Act Turns 10, Here's How the Landscape Has Changed
Ten years ago, on August 14, 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), the last comprehensive reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA)...more>>
Boston Globe: Small colleges are struggling financially, and they can't raise tuition high enough to fix it
Financial conditions are deteriorating at many of New England's quintessential small private colleges, with tuition revenue failing to keep up with expenses at more than half of the schools, a Globe review shows...more>>
NPR: Today's College Students Aren't Who You Think They Are
Popular culture tells us that college "kids" are recent high school graduates, living on campus, taking art history, drinking too much on weekends, and (hopefully) graduating four years later...more>>
EdDive: What you need to know about higher ed enrollment
In this Spotlight on Enrollment, we take a deep dive into two key areas of focus: dual-enrollment participants and adult learners...more>>
The EvoLLLution: How Continuing Education Divisions Can Help Their Institutions Thrive in the New Economy
As the economy shifts from industrial to information, workers will require higher education that enables them to reskill and adapt to changing job markets...more>>
Campus Technology: Study: Job Earnings Data Does Not Impact Students' Choice of Major
In an era where people are demanding that institutions of higher education justify the return on investment of a college education, two researchers have long sought to understand how labor market outcomes influence student decision-making...more>>
Chronicle: Don't Dismiss the Value of Free-College Programs. They Do Help Low-Income Students.
Separate reports released this week by respected Washington-based think tanks miss the mark on the free-college question...more>>
Inside Higher Ed: Reports: Free College Programs Don't Benefit Low-Income Students
Two nonpartisan research groups are urging policy makers to examine the details of tuition-free programs and make them more financially helpful for low-income students...more>>
Quartz: The 2008 financial crisis completely changed what majors students choose
...Scared by a seemingly treacherous labor market, since the downturn college students have turned away from the humanities and towards job-oriented degrees. It's not clear they are making the right decision...more>>
Inside Higher Ed: Public May Not Trust Higher Ed, but Employers Do
A new survey reveals that not only do business executives value college, they want students with skills associated with the liberal arts...more>>
eCampus News: 3 ways colleges are using technology to help students borrow less
From using AI to revamping old-fashioned processes, higher ed is using technology to help students make better informed borrowing decisions...more>>
WSJ: NYU Makes Tuition Free for All Medical Students
School has raised more than $450 million of its estimated $600 million needed to cover tuition in perpetuity...more>>
Chronicle: Enough 'Do More With Less.' It's Time for Colleges to Find Actual Efficiencies.
If controlling costs were a baseball game for colleges, what inning would it be? Panelists at a recent conference suggested the seventh inning (almost there) and the fifth (a ways to go)...more>>
Midwestern Higher Education Compact: Drivers of the Rising Price
of a College Education. This brief explores the forces that have affected college tuition over the postwar period. College costs, general subsidies, and changes in the national distribution of income have all affected the trajectory of college tuition over time...more>>
Washington Post: Under DeVos, full loan relief rare for for-profit students
The Trump administration is granting only partial loan forgiveness to the vast majority of students approved for help because of fraud by for-profit colleges, according to preliminary Education Department data obtained by The Associated Press...more>>
The Atlantic: The Lifelong Cost of Getting a For-Profit Education
A new report shows how these institutions hound people to enroll, and then leave them with little besides a pile of loans they often can't pay back...more>>
NPR: Student Loan Watchdog Quits, Says Trump Administration 'Turned Its Back' On Borrowers
The federal official in charge of protecting student borrowers from predatory lending practices has stepped down...more>>
Washington Monthly: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Higher Education Policy
The battle lines for the next Congress are already clear...more>>
NYT: America's Education 'Deserts' Show Limits of Relaxing Regulations on Colleges
The market for higher education is strongly local, with sparse options for many potential students, so merely giving them more information may not work...more>>

Et Alia

Education: A Sector on the Rebound
The Education industry is on the rebound as business trends and the regulatory environment have improved. There has been an acceleration in private investment and M&A activity, particularly in the Ed-tech space. BMO analyst Jeff Silver explains...more>>
Scientific American: Are Digital Devices Altering Our Brains?
Some say our gadgets and computers can help improve intelligence. Others say they make us stupid and violent. Which is it?...more>>
The Economist: Why startups are leaving Silicon Valley
Its primacy as a technology hub is on the wane. That is cause for concern...more>>
Pew Internet: How Teens and Parents Navigate Screen Time and Device Distractions
54% of U.S. teens say they spend too much time on their cellphones, and two-thirds of parents express concern over their teen's screen time. But parents face their own challenges of device-related distraction...more>>
OECD: Education at a Glance 2018
Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators is the authoritative source for information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances and performance of education systems in OECD and partner countries. With more than 100 charts and tables, Education at a Glance 2018 imparts key information on the output of educational institutions, the impact of learning across countries, and worldwide access, participation and progression in education. It also investigates the financial resources invested in education, as well as teachers, the learning environment and the organisation of schools...more>>
Kidscreen: Study: Gen Z prefers YouTube over books for learning
A new US study by Pearson has found that 60% of Gen Z kids prefer YouTube for learning over printed books, but still value "traditional" methods of instruction...more>>
Inc.: Gen-Z Is Coming to the Workforce. Here's What to Expect
Millennials are old news, literally. Let's talk about the new kids in the office...more>>
Venture Beat: The deskless workforce: A massive opportunity for entrepreneurs
Employees that don't sit at a desk comprise a 2.7 billion-person-strong portion of the global working population. Yet despite being 80 percent of the workforce, these "deskless" workers have thus far been overlooked by the technology industry both in terms of funding for and creation of companies addressing their needs...more>>
Education Week: Teen Social Media Use Is Skyrocketing. But Don't Panic, New Research Says
Teens' use of social media has exploded over the past six years, while their preference for face-to-face interactions with friends has markedly declined. But the sky does not appear to be falling, according to the results from a new national survey of teenagers by the nonprofit Common Sense Media...more>>
Washington Post: Defense Department pledges billions toward artificial intelligence research
The military's research arm said Friday it will invest up to $2 billion over the next five years toward new programs advancing artificial intelligence, stepping up both a technological arms race with China and an ideological clash with Silicon Valley over the future of powerful machines...more>>
MIT Tech Review: For safety's sake, we must slow innovation in internet-connected things
That's the view of security expert Bruce Schneier, who fears lives will be lost in a cyber disaster unless governments act swiftly...more>>
Scientific American: The Misleading Power of Internet Metaphors
In our digital, networked world, metaphors that become memes (such as "cloud" computing, "smart" tech and the "Internet of Things") can be powerful tools for techno-social engineering humans-meaning that that they shape conversations and beliefs about reality; perpetuate illusions; and engineer complacency...more>>
CNet: Best of IFA 2018: 8K TV, an epic gaming throne, Google's new wearable OS and more
Berlin was awash with new products at this year's IFA trade show. Here's what we saw that impressed us the most -- and the one category that didn't...more>>
Inc.: 24 Million People in Rural America Still Lack High-Speed Internet. This Startup Is Changing That.
All Points Broadband is bringing internet service to the people the big companies forgot about...more>>
EdSurge: Digital Devices in the Classroom Can Hinder Long-Term Retention
The question of whether or not to allow students to use smartphones, laptops and other technology in the classroom has been long-debated, and at times, heated...more>>
Scientific American Mind: IQ and Society
The deeply interconnected web of IQ and societal outcomes...more>>
KQED Mind/Shift: Digital Text is Changing How Kids Read-Just Not in the Way That You Think
After his bath each night, Julie Atkinson's eight-year-old son grabs the iPad and settles into bed for some reading time through kids' book app Epic!...more>>
Washington Post: The rise of downward mobility
It's an axiom among many Americans that each future generation will live better than its predecessor. New technologies, greater efficiencies and a can-do spirit will reward us with higher living standards...more>>
HBR: How to Get High-Potential Employees Interested in Leadership Development Programs
Leadership training can make a huge difference in preparing professionals to advance in their careers and succeed in leadership roles. Many companies offer leadership education programs to high-potential employees, but these programs don't always receive much interest...more>>
HBR: Most Managers Don't Know How to Coach People. But They Can Learn.
Are you successful at coaching your employees? In our years studying and working with companies on this topic, we've observed that when many executives say "yes," they're ill-equipped to answer the question. Why? For one thing, managers tend to think they're coaching when they're actually just telling their employees what to do...more>>
McKinsey: Winning with your talent-management strategy
Three best practices for managing and allocating talent support better business performance, according to a new survey...more>>
UV Letter: Try Before You Buy
...The urgent need to reduce Hiring Friction, coupled with the regulatory barrier to utilizing assessments at the top of the hiring funnel, is giving rise to new models that are the antithesis of "Education Up." These new "Employer Down" models start with employers and the entry-level positions they need to fill, and eliminate Hiring Friction by allowing employers to try before they buy...more>>
CLO: A Budget Bonanza
When trying to get to the bottom of something, it's always a good idea to follow the money. Talk is cheap but cash speaks volumes. And if learning investment plans are any indicator, learning executives are feeling pretty good about the future...more>>
CLO: Scalable Learning Will Be the Strategic Differentiator in the 21st Century
A shift driven by macroeconomic trends will make learning a central part of organizational strategy, but to get there, CLOs need to massively scale corporate learning...more>>
Smart Company: Learning startup GO1 raises $10 million in Series A funding, backed by Seek
Corporate learning startup GO1 has raised $10 million in Series A funding in a round led by Australian online recruitment giant Seek, as it looks to take its ed-tech platform global...more>>
CIO Dive: As Woz U turns 1, program matches newly minted tech talent to a hungry workforce
Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak entered the technology education space last October with Woz U, an institute to close the skills gap and expand the technology talent pipeline...more>>
EdSurge: How A Podcast-Turned-Startup Is Trying to Get More Non-Traditional Students Into Tech
Some of the earliest and largest coding bootcamp programs shut their doors for good last year. And it left many people wondering if these short term tech training programs are actually worth the investment (for investors and students alike)...more>>
HR Dive: Survey: US adults think apprenticeships, not college, make them more employable
Most people (62%) think apprenticeships and other on-the-job training programs make jobseekers more employable than a college education, according to an American Staffing Association survey of more than 2,000 respondents...more>>
TechCrunch: Perlego raises$4.8M for its 'Spotify for textbooks'
Perlego, which has been dubbed the 'Spotify for textbooks,' has closed $4.8 million in finding. Leading the round is ADV, with participation from existing angel investors, including Simon Franks (co-founder of Lovefilm), Alex Chesterman (founder of Zoopla), and Peter Hinssen...more>>
Observatory: New Google search engine for journalists and scientists
Google launched a new search engine to access millions of public data repositories aimed at journalists and scientists. Available in beta version, Google Data Search allows its users to find datasets hosted on the site of an editor, a digital library or personal web pages...more>>
EdDive: Dual enrollment is increasing college-going behavior, but only for some students
State policy and dual-credit program limitations make it difficult for students from underserved backgrounds to access the opportunity...more>>
Campus Technology: Perkins Act Given Another 6 Years of Life
After six years of kicking around the official language for an updated Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education bill, Congress and the president have voted and signed the act into law...more>>