The Curve Weekly: A House FY27 draft puts federal K–12 cuts back on the table, while school choice, ESA oversight, and E-Rate scrutiny reshape where vendors can sell and how buyers justify spend.
The Curve Weekly: The state’s $39B school aid package gives vendors a clearer route into vulnerable-student supports, UPK expansion, and multi-year district service models.
PowerSchool and the Next Product Question in EdTech
Districts historically asked vendors whether student data was secure. A different set of product questions may be emerging in the wake of recent privacy enforcement.
XanEdu shows how vendors are bypassing state adoption systems, entering through consulting and intervention spend instead of competing for core curriculum
Brevard Public Schools (FL) represents a large, complex district undergoing meaningful governance, operational, and structural shifts that are beginning to reshape how and where dollars get deployed.
District Buyer Map: Cumberland County Schools (NC)
Cumberland County Schools’ (NC) buyer map indicates a pressure-driven district where academic recovery is forcing immediate programmatic spend, while staffing challenges shape longer-term purchasing.
Davidson County Schools’ (NC) buyer map indicates a shift from targeted pilots and instructional reset to system-wide enablement, with spend concentrating on initiatives already in motion
