Futuresource Consulting recently published its annual strategic technology in education report, delivering a comprehensive view of the global education landscape. “Total universe spending in the global education technology hardware market in 2015 increased 7 percent to $15 billion from 2014,” says Colin Messenger, senior analyst at Futuresource Consulting. “Growth has been strong, with an additional … Continue reading
Posted in April 2016 …
Leveraging Federal Funding to Support STEM Education
Last week the U.S. Department of Education issued a Dear Colleague Letter to states, school districts, schools, and education partners on how to maximize federal funds to support and enhance innovative science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education for all students. The letter serves as a resource for decreasing the equity and opportunity gaps for … Continue reading
Top IT Issues for 2016
The fourth annual K-12 IT Leadership Survey Report was recently released during CoSN’s (Consortium for School Networking) annual conference, revealing some of the main issues IT leaders are facing heading into 2016. “There is innovative change happening in our schools. But with this digital transformation is a new frontier of challenges confronting IT administrators,” said … Continue reading
Districts Continue to go Digital
A recent annual survey by the Center for Digital Education revealed that K-12 school districts are increasingly supporting digital learning. Of the districts surveyed: 62% have a digital content and curriculum strategy in place 38% of districts have a digital content and curriculum strategy that includes using Open Educational Resources (OER) 62% are already using … Continue reading