Education News covers the commercial side of learning technology: vendor funding and results, pricing changes, mergers, procurement rules, and the budget cycles determining when schools can buy anything. Reporting connects corporate decisions to classroom availability. For administrators, suppliers and analysts following where education money moves.
A handful of private-equity-backed deals consolidated much of the US curriculum market, and the pricing power shows up in districts' renewal quotes.
Per HolonIQ, global edtech venture capital reached roughly $1.35 billion in the first half of 2025, continuing a multi-year slide from the 2021 peak.
A district's path from a teacher's demo request to a signed purchase order runs through five gates, and most products stall at the ones vendors never see.