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Tales2Go Selected To Present at Ed Tech Start-Up Collaborative
Tales2Go Inc. — Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Tales2Go Inc., provider of streaming audiobooks for the K-8 marketplace has been invited to present at the upcoming Education Technology Collaborative in Chicago, IL on July 11. Educators and administrators from leading Midwest public, private and charter schools will have the chance to explore Tales2Go at this one-day, free event. Read More »
Follett Launches $50 Million Education-Focused Venture Fund
Follett Corporation — Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Follett Corporation announced the establishment of the Follett Knowledge Fund, a capital funding source for new technologies that have the potential to improve and even disrupt the way educational content is delivered and consumed. Follett has committed $50 million to the fund, which complements and extends the company's extensive portfolio of digital solutions and tools. Read More »
Kaplan EdTech Accelerator Announces Inaugural Companies
Kaplan, Inc. — Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Kaplan EdTech Accelerator, powered by TechStars, today announced the 10 startup education technology companies selected to participate in its intensive three-month mentoring and business development program beginning today at Kaplan, Inc.’s New York City offices. Read More »
SETDA Unveils New Logo and Branding
State Educational Technology Directors Association — Tuesday, June 18, 2013
SETDA is pleased to announce its newly designed logo and branding to be unveiled at the 2013 SETDA Emerging Technologies Forum (June 21-24 in San Antonio), adjacent to the ISTE 2013 Conference. The association's recently adopted strategic plan called for a refreshed logo and branding, which will be integrated into all new SETDA products and services in the coming months. Read More »
Pritzker, Goldman Sachs Announce $20 Million First Phase of Early Childhood Innovation Accelerator Initiative
J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation, Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group — Saturday, June 15, 2013
Investor J.B. Pritzker announced commitments for $20 million as the first phase of an Early Childhood Innovation Accelerator to increase the availability and quality of early childhood education programs for disadvantaged children. In addition, the Accelerator seeks to stimulate innovation and unlock greater private investment for efforts aimed at disadvantaged infants, toddlers and their families. Read More »
Rourke Educational Media To Participate in ISTE"s Ed Tech Start-Up Pavilion
Rourke Educational Media — Thursday, June 13, 2013
One of the new highlights at ISTE's 34th Annual Conference and Exposition promises to be the Ed Tech Start-up Pavilion where attendees can experience first-hand the innovative software and applications that 20 selected companies have developed to help transform learning and teaching. Rourke Educational Media has been chosen as one of the companies to be featured in the Start-up Pavilion Read More »
Start-up Silverback Learning Solutions Announces $2.5M Round
Silverback Learning Solutions — Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Silverback Learning Solutions, an educator-founded technology company and developer of Mileposts™, a results-driven instructional improvement system installed in schools K-12 nationwide, today announced that it has secured financing of $2.5 million from angel investors to allow the company to expand its operations and accelerate its product development. Read More »
PAEC Cooperative State Purchasing Program To Partner with Florida Purchasing Group
Panhandle Area Educational Consortium — Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The Cooperative Purchasing Program administered by the Panhandle Area Educational Consortium (PAEC) and the Washington County School Board (WCSB) have joined the Florida Purchasing Group (IPT By BidNet), an online procurement system that gives vendors instant access to Bids, Requests for Proposals (RFP's), Quotes and Amendments. Read More »
Hyde Park CSD Joins New York Bid System
Empire State Purchasing Group — Saturday, June 08, 2013
Hyde Park CSD joined Empire State Purchasing Group providing its vendors with convenient access to bid information for Hyde Park CSD and all other participating New York government agencies on the system. In addition to New York Purchasing Group, IPT by BidNet manages 15 government purchasing groups throughout the country providing over 800 local government agencies a purchasing and vendor management solution. Read More »
BLEgroup and Craig Michaels Inc. Announce Strategic Partnership
BLEgroup — Monday, June 03, 2013
The BLEgroup and Craig Michaels Inc. announced a joint marketing agreement that offers a two-stage growth process for ed tech companies to develop, market and sell quality products to the K-12 education market. Read More »
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